The road to women’s suffrage and beyond : women’s enfranchisement and the nation-building project in Malta

Abstract

Universal suffrage opened the way for all women and many disenfranchised men, to exercise their right to vote and participate in elections for the first time in Malta's history. The trajectory of women's emancipation is very often omitted from the prevailing narratives that reinforce our sense of nationhood. This commemoration attempts to redress the prevalent collective amnesia about women's place in history.