when women were allowed to vote
1960! That's when all Canadian women were allowed to vote! Women won the vote in small and incremental steps, with our western provinces leading the way.The first federal election in Canada was held in August, 1867. Women didn't have the right to vote in it.960! That's when all Canadian women were allowed to vote! Women won the vote in small and incremental steps, with our western provinces leading the way.
Ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to voteâa right known as woman suffrage.At the time the U.S. was founded, its female citizens did not share all of the same rights as men, including the right to vote.yoming, the first state to grant voting rights to women, was also the first state to elect a female governor. Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876-1977) was elected governor of the Equality State (Wyoming's official nickname) in 1924. From 1933 to 1953, she served as the first female director of the U.S. Mint.
Of currently existing independent countries, New Zealand was the first to acknowledge women's right to vote in 1893 when it was a self-governing British colony. Unrestricted women's suffrage in terms of voting rights (women were not initially permitted to stand for election) was adopted in New Zealand in 1893.Following a successful movement led by Kate Sheppard, the women's suffrage bill was adopted weeks before the general election of that year.nrestricted women's suffrage in terms of voting rights (women were not initially permitted to stand for election) was adopted in New Zealand in 1893. Following a successful movement led by Kate Sheppard, the women's suffrage bill was adopted weeks before the general election of that year.