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Today, in many parts of the world, the right to votevote (noun)A formal choice made in an election.≈ Synonym: ballot🇺🇿UZ: ovoz berish huquqi🇷🇺RU: право голоса is seen as a basicbasic (adj)Forming an essential foundation; fundamental.≈ Synonym: fundamental🇺🇿UZ: asosiy🇷🇺RU: основной human righthuman right (noun)A right believed to belong to every person.≈ Synonym: fundamental right🇺🇿UZ: inson huquqi🇷🇺RU: право человека. But not so long ago, half of the populationpopulation (noun)The people living in a particular area.≈ Synonym: inhabitants🇺🇿UZ: aholi🇷🇺RU: население — women — were denieddeny (verb)Refused to give something to someone.≈ Synonym: refused🇺🇿UZ: rad etilgan🇷🇺RU: отказано this right simply because of their gendergender (noun)The state of being male or female.≈ Synonym: sex🇺🇿UZ: jins🇷🇺RU: пол. The strugglestruggle (noun)A hard fight to achieve something.≈ Synonym: fight🇺🇿UZ: kurash🇷🇺RU: борьба for women's right to vote was long and difficultdifficult (adj)Not easy; hard to do.≈ Synonym: hard🇺🇿UZ: qiyin🇷🇺RU: трудный, and it helped to change societies around the world.
In the 19th century, most countries only allowed men to vote, and often only those who ownedown (verb)Possessed something as property.≈ Synonym: possessed🇺🇿UZ: egalik qilgan🇷🇺RU: владели land or paid taxestax (noun)Money paid to the government.≈ Synonym: levies🇺🇿UZ: soliqlar🇷🇺RU: налоги. Women were expected to focus on the home and family, and many believed that politicspolitics (noun)Activities related to governing a country.≈ Synonym: governance🇺🇿UZ: siyosat🇷🇺RU: политика was not suitablesuitable (adj)Right or appropriate for a purpose.≈ Synonym: appropriate🇺🇿UZ: mos🇷🇺RU: подходящий for women. However, during this time, more and more women began to questionquestion (verb)To express doubt about something.≈ Synonym: challenge🇺🇿UZ: shubha ostiga olmoq🇷🇺RU: подвергать сомнению these ideas. They wanted a voicevoice (noun)The right to express an opinion.≈ Synonym: say🇺🇿UZ: ovoz (fikr huquqi)🇷🇺RU: голос (право мнения) in decisions that affectedaffect (verb)Had an influence on something.≈ Synonym: influenced🇺🇿UZ: ta'sir qilgan🇷🇺RU: затрагивали their lives.
The women's suffragesuffrage (noun)The right to vote in elections.≈ Synonym: voting rights🇺🇿UZ: saylov huquqi🇷🇺RU: избирательное право movement, as it became known, started to grow. In the United States and the United Kingdom, women formed groups to campaigncampaign (verb)To work in an organised way toward a goal.≈ Synonym: advocate🇺🇿UZ: kurash olib bormoq🇷🇺RU: проводить кампанию for the vote. Some tried to bring about change through peacefulpeaceful (adj)Without violence.≈ Synonym: non-violent🇺🇿UZ: tinch🇷🇺RU: мирный protestsprotest (noun)Public expressions of disagreement.≈ Synonym: demonstrations🇺🇿UZ: namoyishlar🇷🇺RU: протесты, speechesspeech (noun)Formal talks given to an audience.≈ Synonym: addresses🇺🇿UZ: nutqlar🇷🇺RU: речи, and letters to politicianspolitician (noun)People involved in politics or government.≈ Synonym: lawmakers🇺🇿UZ: siyosatchilar🇷🇺RU: политики. Others, known as suffragettessuffragette (noun)Women who campaigned for the right to vote, using direct action.≈ Synonym: voting rights activists🇺🇿UZ: suffragistkalar🇷🇺RU: суфражистки, used more directdirect (adj)Immediate and forceful in approach.≈ Synonym: immediate🇺🇿UZ: to'g'ridan-to'g'ri🇷🇺RU: прямой actions, such as chainingchain (verb)Fastening with a chain.≈ Synonym: binding🇺🇿UZ: zanjirlash🇷🇺RU: приковывание themselves to buildings, breaking windows, or going on hunger strikeshunger strike (noun)Refusals to eat as a form of protest.≈ Synonym: food protests🇺🇿UZ: ochlik e'lon qilish🇷🇺RU: голодовки. These actions often led to arrestsarrest (noun)Instances of being taken into police custody.≈ Synonym: detentions🇺🇿UZ: hibsga olishlar🇷🇺RU: аресты, but they also drew public attentionattention (noun)Notice or interest shown by others.≈ Synonym: notice🇺🇿UZ: e'tibor🇷🇺RU: внимание to their cause.
New Zealand was the first country to grantgrant (verb)To formally give or allow something.≈ Synonym: give🇺🇿UZ: berish (huquq)🇷🇺RU: предоставить women the right to vote in national elections, in 1893. Australia followed in 1902. In the United Kingdom, after years of struggle, some women finally gained the vote in 1918, though full equalityequality (noun)The state of being equal in rights and status.≈ Synonym: fairness🇺🇿UZ: tenglik🇷🇺RU: равенство did not come until 1928. In the United States, the 19th Amendmentamendment (noun)A formal change made to a law or document.≈ Synonym: revision🇺🇿UZ: tuzatish🇷🇺RU: поправка to the Constitutionconstitution (noun)The set of fundamental laws of a country.≈ Synonym: founding law🇺🇿UZ: konstitutsiya🇷🇺RU: конституция gave women the right to vote in 1920.
The impactimpact (noun)A strong effect or influence.≈ Synonym: effect🇺🇿UZ: ta'sir🇷🇺RU: воздействие of women gaining the vote was enormousenormous (adj)Extremely large.≈ Synonym: huge🇺🇿UZ: ulkan🇷🇺RU: огромный. It led to greater participationparticipation (noun)The act of taking part in something.≈ Synonym: involvement🇺🇿UZ: ishtirok🇷🇺RU: участие of women in politics and helped improve laws related to family, work, and education. However, in some parts of the world, women are still fighting for the right to vote today.
The history of women's suffrage is a reminder that progressprogress (noun)Improvement or development over time.≈ Synonym: advancement🇺🇿UZ: taraqqiyot🇷🇺RU: прогресс often takes time and that ordinary people can change the world when they work together for justicejustice (noun)Fair treatment of people.≈ Synonym: fairness🇺🇿UZ: adolat🇷🇺RU: справедливость.