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When women got the vote
 
1869 - Wyoming Territory in the USA is the first place in the world to give votes to women. 
1893 - New Zealand is the first country to give women the vote. 
1902 - Australia , although aboriginal women were not eligible to vote until 1967, when along with aboriginal men, they were granted full citizenship. 
1906 - Finland is the first country in Europe to give women the vote. 
1917 - Russia 
1918 - United Kingdom (partial), Germany, Canada, Austria. 
1920 - The USA, but not Native American women.
1925 - Italy 
1928 - United Kingdom (full), Ireland 
1930 - South Africa , but only to white women. Indian and 'coloured' women won the vote in 1984 and black women in 1994
1931 - Spain 
1932 - Brazil 
1944 - France 
1945 - Italy 
1946 - Kenya, Palestine, 
1947 - China, Pakistan, 
1948 - Israel, Iraq, 
1950 - India 
1952 - Greece 
1953 - Mexico 
1956 - Egypt, Tunisia, Mauritius 
1957 - Malaysia 
1962 - Algeria 
1971 - Switzerland 
1974 - Jordan 
1976 - Portugal
2001 - Bahrain 

 
 
 
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