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What about other countries?

The fight for women´s suffrage was a long and irregular process. Sometimes female vote was only granted for local elections, or some racial or ethnic groups were excluded. Often, the right to vote and the right to run for elective office were given at separate times. In any case, women achieved their political rights in different moments depending on the countries as you can find out by reading here. Then you can answer the questions below.

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Which was the first country to give women the right of suffrage in a permanent way?

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Australia

New Zealand

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Which was the first country to allow women both to vote and to run for office in Parliament?

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Finland

Norway

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When were Spanish women allowed to vote for the first time?

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In 1936, at the end of the Civil War

In 1931, at the beginning of the II Republic

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Which was the last Western country to grant women´s suffrage?

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Italy

Switzerland

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