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This is activist Elin Wägner in front of the 351,454 signatures required to adopt women’s voting rights in Sweden’s general elections – finalized in 1921. This was later than Finland (1906), Norway (1913) and Denmark (1915).

Tangible signatures really served to highlight immense efforts.

Black and white photo of a woman standing next to and looking at a stacked pile of about 30 binders of varying sizes. The stacked pile is around half a meter taller than her. She is holding a single binder open, giving an indication of how the binders were filled with signatures across all pages.

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30 Nov 2024, 17:50
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