"Women twice gained and also quickly lost the right ot vote(…)before they finally gained universal suffrage in 1945. They were granted suffrage first in the social-democratic revolution of 1918 and then saw it reaffirmed during the communist takeover of 1919, but their universal voting rights were short lived. The successive authoritarian political regime under the leadership of Admiral Horthy persistently moved to eradicate signs of the immediate past and, consequently, passed laws that severely restricted women's right to stand as political candidates, vote and have acess to university education" (from, Katalin Fabian; "Making an Appearance: the Formation of Women's Groups in Hungary")