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First year of women vote in the world
New Zealand was the first country to allow women to vote (in 1893), while the King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia granted women the right to vote in 2011. -
1913 Norway
When all adult men in Norway gained the right to vote in 1898, it was a major step in the country's democratic evolution. But not until women received the vote in 1913 did Norway become a genuine democracy. -
1902 Australia
In 1902, the newly established Australian Parliament passed the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902, which set a uniform law enabling women to vote at federal elections and to stand for the federal Parliament. -
1906 Finland
In 1906 Finland's national assembly, became the first parliament in the world to adopt full gender equality. It earned that distinction by granting equally to all men and women the right not only to vote but also to stand for election. -
1915 Denmark
Denmark marks 100 years of women's right to vote. On June 5, 1915 women – and men across all classes of society – were given the right to vote. See photos of the historic women's march through Copenhagen here, courtesy of the State and University Library. -
1917 Canada
In 1917, Canada's federal electoral law stipulated that "idiots, madmen, criminals and judges" were not allowed to vote Women mainly nurses serving in the military could also vote. -
1919 Netherlands
On 9 May 1919, the House of Representatives voted in favour of women's suffrage by a large majority: 64 votes in favour and 10 against. From now on, 46.3% of Dutch people had the right to vote. -
1920 United States
U.S. women attain voting rights, Aug. 18, 1920. On this day in 1920, Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting American women the universal right to vote. -
1921 Sweden
Less than a century ago, in September 1921, Swedish women voted for the first time in a national election -
1928 Britain, Ireland
Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom was a movement to fight for women's right to vote. It finally succeeded through two laws in 1918 and 1928. Women were not explicitly banned from voting Great Britain until the 1832 Reform Act and the 1835 Municipal Corporations Act.
