Where did women win the vote first?

Earliest

1. 1
   🇫🇮 Finland 1906

   The next year Finland elected the world's first women MPs: 19 of them. Source

2. 2
   🇳🇴 Norway 1913

   Finland was still part of the Russian Empire, so Norway was the first independent country to give women the vote. Source

3. 3
   🇺🇸 United States 1920

   The deciding vote came from a 24-year-old Tennessee lawmaker who followed his mother's advice. Source

4. 4
   🇪🇸 Spain 1931

   Clara Campoamor fought for it in parliament, where women could already sit as MPs but not yet vote. Source

5. 5
   🇫🇷 France 1944

   French women voted for the first time in April 1945, in local elections. Source

6. 6
   🇨🇭 Switzerland 1971

   One canton, Appenzell Innerrhoden, held out until a court forced it to let women vote in 1990. Source

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