New Zealand grants women the vote
1893 · Event
A petition with nearly 32,000 signatures — a quarter of the country's adult women — makes New Zealand the first self-governing nation to give women the vote in parliamentary elections.
On these timelines: Australia & the Pacific, Master, Women in history, Votes for Women
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