Unless otherwise indicated, the date signifies the year women were granted the right both to vote and to stand for election. The countries listed below currently have a Parliament or have had one at some point in their history. 1788 United States of America (to stand for election) 1893 New Zealand (to vote) 1902 Australia* 1906 Finland 1907 Norway (to stand for election)* 1913 Norway** 1915 Denmark, Iceland* 1917 Canada (to vote)*, Netherlands (to stand for election) 1918 Austria, Canada (to vote)*, Estonia, Georgia1, Germany, Hungary, Ireland*, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, United Kingdom* 1919 Belarus, Belgium (to vote)*, Luxembourg, Netherlands (to vote), New Zealand (to stand for election), Sweden*, Ukraine Election poster British suffragette poster of 1905 Back to Women in politics 1920 Albania, Canada (to stand for election)*, Czech Republic, Iceland**, Slovakia, United States of America (to vote) 1921 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium (to stand for election)*, Georgia1, Sweden** 1924 Kazakhstan1, Mongolia, Saint Lucia, Tajikistan 1927 Turkmenistan 1928 Ireland**, United Kingdom** 1929 Ecuador*, Romania* 1930 South Africa (Whites), Turkey (to vote) 1931 Chile*, Portugal*, Spain, Sri Lanka 1932 Brazil, Maldives, Thailand, Uruguay
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