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why was the issue of extending political rights to women a controversial?
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Answer 1

Parallel to the revolt of poor unemployed and starving peasants and workers in many European countries in the year 1848 a revolution led by the educated middle classes was underway. Events of February 1848 in France had brought about the addiction of the monarch and a republic based on universal male suffrage had been proclaimed. In other parts of Europe where independent nation states did not exist such as Germany Italy Poland the Austro- Hungarian Empire men and women of the liberal middle classes combined their demands for constitutionalism with national unification. i The issue of extending political rights to women was a controversial one within the liberal movement in which large number of women had participated actively over the years. ii Women had focused their own political associations founded newspaper and taken part in political meetings and demonstrations. iii Despite this they were denied suffrage rights during the elections of assembly. iv When the Frankfurt Parliament was held in Church of St. Paul’s women were admitted only as observers to stand in visitors’ gallery.

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Answer 2

Required Answer:

☑The issue of extending political rights to women was a controversial one within the liberal movement in 1848 because most of the liberals were against the view of extending political rights to women. But few of them were in favour. Right to vote was denied to women.