The first country to give voting rights to women:

  • A. Denmark
  • B. America
  • C. New Zealand
  • D. France

Correct Answer: C. New Zealand

New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world to grant women the right to vote in parliamentary elections. On September 19, 1893, the governor Lord Glasgow, signed a new Electoral Act into law. In 1997, Jenny Shipley became New Zealand’s first female prime minister.

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