Which among the following countries was the earliest to give women the right to vote?

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SSC MTS Previous Paper 11 (Held On: 7 August 2019 Shift 2)

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Australia.

Australia was the earliest to give women the right to vote.
On September 19, 1893, the governor Lord Glasgow, signed a new Electoral Act into law. New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world to grant women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
Nine years later, Australia followed suit and also passed a suffrage act for women, after independence from Great Britain.
This act took effect in 1902, and though it did apply to all women in the new country, aboriginal women were left out.
Aborigines, male and female, did not have the right to vote until 1962.

Important Points

New Zealand: It was the first country to give women the right to vote.
Australia: It was the second country to give women the right to vote.
Finland: It was the first European country to give women the right to vote.

New Zealand is not given in the options so our correct answer will be Australia.