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FIRST WOMEN ELECTED
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1893
1919
1933
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1902
1943
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1906
1907
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1907/1913
1936
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1915
1918
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-
United Kingdom
1918/1928*
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1920
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1917
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1921
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France
1940
Italy
1945
* The UK did not grant all women over 21 the vote until 1928. Source: http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Parlib/Members/women/womenintro.htm
* The UK did not grant all women over 21 the vote until 1928.
Source: http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Parlib/Members/women/womenintro.htm
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