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Votes for women
The Suffragettes and After
The Scottish Suffragettes
The Suffragettes in Pictures
The Ascent of Woman
Louisa
Woman Suffrage in Australia
Along the Faultlines: Sex, Race and Nation in
Australian Women's Writing 1880s - 1930s
How the Vote Was Won
Founding Sisters and the Nineteenth Amendment
With Courage and Cloth
Century of Struggle
The Ballot Box Battle
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Timeline and world chronology
Women’s access to rights
to vote and to stand for elections
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1788
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United States (to stand
for election)
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1893
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New Zealand (to vote)
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1894
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South Australia (to vote and
stand for election)§
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1902
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Australia*§
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1906
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Finland
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1907
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Norway (to stand for
election)*
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1913
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Norway **
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1915
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Denmark, Iceland
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1917
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Canada (to vote)*,
Netherlands to stand for elections
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1918
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Austria, Canada (to
vote)*, Estonia, Georgia*, Germany, Ireland*, Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia, Poland, Russian Federation, United Kingdom*
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1919
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Belarus, Belgium (to
vote)*, Luxembourg, Netherlands (to vote), New Zealand (to
stand for election), Sweden*, Ukraine
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1920
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Albania, Canada (to stand
for election)*, Czech Republic, Slovakia, United States (to
vote)
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1921
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Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belgium (to stand for election)*, Georgia**, Lithuania,
Sweden**
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1924
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Kazakhstan*, Mongolia, Sta.
Lucia, Tajikistan
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1927
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Turkmenistan
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1928
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Ireland**, United
Kingdom**
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1929
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Ecuador*, Romania*
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1930
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South Africa (Whites),
Turkey (to vote)
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1931
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Chile*, Portugal*, Spain,
Sri Lanka
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1932
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Maldives, Thailand,
Uruguay
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1934
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Brazil, Cuba, Portugal*,
Turkey (to stand for election)
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1935
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Myanmar (to vote)
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1937
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Philippines
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1938
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Bolivia*, Uzbekistan
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1939
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El Salvador (to vote)
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1941
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Panama*
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1942
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Dominican Republic
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1944
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Bulgaria, France, Jamaica
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1945
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Croatia, Guyana (to stand
for election), Indonesia, Italy, Japan*, Senegal, Slovenia,
Togo
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1946
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Cameroon, North Korea,
Djibouti (to vote), Guatemala, Liberia, Myanmar (to stand
for election), Panama**, Romania**, Macedonia, Trinidad and
Tobago, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yugoslavia
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1947
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Argentina, Japan**, Malta,
Mexico (to vote), Pakistan, Singapore
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1948
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Belgium**, Israel, Niger,
South Korea, Seychelles, Suriname
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1949
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Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Chile**, China, Costa Rica, Syria (to vote)*
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1950
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Barbados, Canada (to
vote)**, Haiti, India
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1951
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Antigua and Barbuda,
Dominica, Grenada, Nepal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines
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1952
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Bolivia**, Cote
d’Ivoire, Greece, Lebanon
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1953
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Bhutan, Guyana (to vote),
Hungary (to vote), Mexico (to stand for election), Syria**
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1954
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Belize, Colombia, Ghana
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1955
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Cambodia, Eritrea (?),
Ethiopia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru
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1956
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Benin, Comoros, Egypt,
Gabon, Mali, Mauritius, Somalia
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1957
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Malaysia, Zimbabwe (to
vote)**
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1958
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Burkina Faso,Chad, Guinea,
Hungary (to stand for election), Lao PDR, Nigeria (?)
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1959
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Madagascar, San Marino (to
vote), Tunisia, Tanzania
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1960
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Canada (to stand for
election)**, Cyprus, Gambia, Tonga
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1961
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Bahamas*, Burundi, El
Salvador (to stand for election), Malawi, Mauritania,
Paraguay, Rwanda, Sierra Leone
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1962
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Algeria, Australia**,
Monaco, Uganda, Zambia
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1963
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Congo, Equatorial Guinea,
Fiji, Iran, Kenya, Morocco, Papua New Guinea (to stand for
election) (?)
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1964
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Bahamas**, Libya, Papua
New Guinea (to vote), Sudan
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1965
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Afghanistan, Botswana,
Lesotho
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1967
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Ecuador**, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Yemen PDR,
Congo (to vote) |
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1968
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Nauru, Swaziland |
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1970
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Andorra (to vote), Yemen (Arab Republic),
Congo (to stand for election) |
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1971
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Switzerland |
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1972
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Bangladesh |
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1973
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Andorra (to stand for
election), Bahrain (right recognized?), San Marino (to stand
for election)
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1974
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Jordan, Solomon Islands
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1975
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Angola, Cape Verde,
Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Vanuatu
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1976
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Portugal**
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1977
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Guinea Bissau
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1978
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Moldova*, Zimbabwe (to
stand for election)
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1979
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Marshall Islands (?),
Micronesia, Palau
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1980
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Iraq, Vanuatu**
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1984
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Liechtenstein, South
Africa (Coloureds + Indians)
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1986
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Central African Republic,
Djibouti (to stand for election)
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1989
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Namibia
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1990
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Samoa
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1994
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Kazakstan, Moldova*, South
Africa (blacks)
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Rights to vote and to stand for
election not yet recognized for women in Kuwait and United Arab
Emirates
[at time of this report]
* Right subject to conditions and
restrictions
** Restrictions or conditions lifted
Source: IPU Study
No. 28, 1997, 'Men and Women in Politics: Democracy Still in the
Making'
§ Australia's Commonwealth
Franchise Act came into force on June 12,
1902, giving all women the right to vote in federal elections but
excluding ‘aboriginal natives of Australia, Asia, Africa or the
Islands of the Pacific except New Zealand’ unless they already had
the vote at State level (as stipulated in s 41 of Constitution). December
18, 1894: Women in South Australia become the first in Australia to gain the right to vote and to be elected to
Parliament. South Australian women first voted on April 25,
1896.
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Australian states
& (white) women's suffrage
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| South Australia |
1894 |
never had |
| Western Australia |
1899 |
1907 |
| New South Wales |
1902 |
1894 |
| Tasmania |
1903 |
1900 |
| Queensland |
1905 |
1905 |
| Victoria |
1908 |
1899 |
| Federal (white)
women's suffrage |
1902 |
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Source
When Australian States achieved
political reforms:
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State
since 1901
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Vote for all
adult males
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Vote for
women
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Secret Ballot
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Triennial
Parliaments
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Payment
of Members
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| NSW
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1858
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1902
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1858
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1874
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1889
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| Vic
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1857
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1908
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1856
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1859
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1870
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| SA
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1856
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1894
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1856
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1856
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1887
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| Tas
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1900
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1903
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1858
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1891
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1890
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| Qld
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1872
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1905
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1859
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1890
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1886
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| WA
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1893
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1899
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1877
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1900
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1900
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Source:
NSW Government Board of Studies
Index of articles on
folklore and other topics
Louisa Lawson: Mother
of Women's Suffrage
Early
progressives in the Book of Days
A USA chronology of women's suffrage
Chronology of women's suffrage in South Australia
A good
introductory article on Women's
suffrage
New Zealand: world first
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