The Vote that Could be heard around the World!

Women have endured persecution and overcome great challenges to be able to vote. 

Around the World, Women have been given the Vote at different milestones throughout History. 

• 1893 New Zealand
• 1902 Australia
• 1906 Finland
• 1913 Norway
• 1915 Denmark
• 1917 Canada
• 1918 Austria, Germany, Poland, Russia
• 1919 Netherlands
• 1920 United States (19th U.S. Constitutional Amendment)
• 1921 Sweden
• 1928 Britain, Ireland
• 1931 Spain
• 1934 Turkey
• 1944 France
• 1945 Italy, Bosnia, Indonesia, Senegal
• 1947 Argentina, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan
• 1949 China, Syria
• 1950 India
• 1954 Colombia
• 1956 Comoros, Egypt, Mali, Mauritania, Somalia
• 1957 Malaysia, Zimbabwe
• 1962 Algeria
• 1963 Iran, Morocco
• 1964 Libya, Sudan
• 1967 Ecuador
• 1971 Switzerland
• 1972 Bangladesh
• 1974 Jordan
• 1976 Portugal
• 1984 Liechtenstein
• 1989 Namibia
• 1990 Western Samoa
• 1993 Kazakhstan, Moldova
• 1994 South Africa, Oman
• 2005 Kuwait
• 2006 United Arab Emirates
• 2015 Saudi Arabia Source

Countries that are ruled by Dictators, such as Brunei and United Arab Emirates, have limited voting rights for both men and women. Only 2 Countries that use an electoral system in government, currently do not allow women to vote:

❖Saudi Arabia ~ When this article was originally written, Women in Saudi Arabia could not vote. In 2011, King Abdullah granted Saudi Women the right to vote starting with the 2015 elections.

❖Vatican City ~ The smallest country in the World with almost 800 inhabitants. The Pope is elected by the College of Cardinals. Women cannot be cardinals, therefore cannot vote.

Interesting Note: Liechtenstein was the last country in Europe to grant women's voting rights in 1984.

✑Exercise your Rights, Women worked hard to get them for you!

updated 3/23/19