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In 1920, the United States became the 30th<\/sup> country in the world to extend voting rights to women. In addition to the fascinating information, this list offers some real surprises. For example, women could not vote in Switzerland until 1971!<\/p>\n

1838<\/strong> – Pitcairn Islands<\/p>\n

1881<\/strong> – Isle of Man<\/p>\n

1893<\/strong> – Cook Islands, New Zealand<\/p>\n

1902<\/strong> – Australia<\/p>\n

1906<\/strong> – Finland<\/p>\n

1913<\/strong> – Norway<\/p>\n

1915<\/strong> \u2013 Denmark, Iceland<\/p>\n

1917<\/strong> \u2013 Canada, Russian SFSR<\/p>\n

1918<\/strong> – German Austria, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Estonia, Democratic Republic of Georgia, Germany, Hungarian Democratic Republic, Kyrgyz SSR, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, United Kingdom, Ireland<\/p>\n

1919<\/strong> – Belarusian People’s Republic, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden,<\/p>\n

Ukrainian SSR, Belgium<\/p>\n

1920<\/strong> – Principality of Albania, Czechoslovakia (Today: Czech Republic, Slovakia), United States<\/p>\n

1921<\/strong> – Armenian SSR<\/p>\n

1922<\/strong> – Burma<\/p>\n

1924<\/strong> – Kazakh SSR, Mongolian People’s Republic, Tajik SSR, Turkmen SSR<\/p>\n

1927<\/strong> – Uruguay<\/p>\n

1929<\/strong> \u2013 Ecuador, Puerto Rico<\/p>\n

1930<\/strong> – Union of South Africa, Turkey, Greece<\/p>\n

1931<\/strong> – Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Ceylon (Today: Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

1932<\/strong> \u2013 Maldives, Thailand<\/p>\n

1934<\/strong> – Cuba<\/p>\n

1935<\/strong> – Chile<\/p>\n

1937<\/strong> – Philippines<\/p>\n

1938<\/strong> \u2013 Bolivia, Kingdom of Bulgaria, Kingdom of Romania, Uzbek SSR<\/p>\n

1939<\/strong> – El Salvador<\/p>\n

1941<\/strong> – Panama<\/p>\n

1942<\/strong> – Dominican Republic<\/p>\n

1943<\/strong> – Lebanon<\/p>\n

1944<\/strong> \u2013 Bermuda, France, Jamaica<\/p>\n

1945<\/strong> \u2013 Indonesia, Japan, Senegal, Togo, Yugoslavia (Today: Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia)<\/p>\n

1946<\/strong> – British Cameroons (Today: Cameroon), Djibouti, Guatemala, Italy,<\/p>\n

Liberia, North Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Vietnam<\/p>\n

1947<\/strong> \u2013 Argentina, Union of India, Malta, Mexico, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan<\/p>\n

1948 <\/strong>– Israel, South Korea, Niger, Seychelles, Dutch Guiana (Today: Suriname)<\/p>\n

1949<\/strong> – China, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Syria,<\/p>\n

1950<\/strong> – Barbados, Haiti<\/p>\n

1951<\/strong> – British Leeward Islands (Today: Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla), British Windward Islands (Today: Grenada, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Nepal<\/p>\n

1952<\/strong> – C\u00f4te d’Ivoire<\/p>\n

1953<\/strong> – Bhutan, Guyana<\/p>\n

1954<\/strong> – British Honduras (Today: Belize), Colombia, Ghana<\/p>\n

1955<\/strong> – Kingdom of Cambodia, Ethiopia(Then including Eritrea), Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru<\/p>\n

1956<\/strong> – Dahomey (Today: Benin), Comoros, Egypt, Gabon, Mali, Mauritius, Somalia<\/p>\n

1957<\/strong> – Federation of Malaya (Today: Malaysia), Southern Rhodesia (Today: Zimbabwe)<\/p>\n

1958<\/strong> – Upper Volta (Today: Burkina Faso), Chad, Guinea, Kingdom of Laos, Nigeria<\/p>\n

1959<\/strong> – Brunei, Madagascar, San Marino, Tanzania, Tunisia<\/p>\n

1960<\/strong> – Bahamas, Cyprus, Gambia, Tonga<\/p>\n

1961<\/strong> – Burundi, Malawi, Mauritania, Paraguay, Rwanda, Sierra Leone<\/p>\n

1962 <\/strong>– Algeria, Monaco, Uganda, Zambia<\/p>\n

1963<\/strong> – Kingdom of Afganistan, The Republic of Congo, Equatorial Africa, Fifi, Iran, Kenya, Morocco<\/p>\n

1964<\/strong> – Kingdom of Libya, Papua New Guinea, Sudan<\/p>\n

1965<\/strong> – Botswana, Lesotho<\/p>\n

1967<\/strong> – Zaire (Today: Democratic Republic of the Congo), Kiribati, Tuvalu, South Yemen<\/p>\n

1968<\/strong> – Nauru, Swaziland<\/p>\n

1970<\/strong> – Andorra<\/p>\n

1971<\/strong> – Switzerland<\/p>\n

1972<\/strong> – Bangladesh<\/p>\n

1973<\/strong> – Bahrain<\/p>\n

1974<\/strong> – Jordan, Solomon Islands<\/p>\n

1975<\/strong> – People’s Republic of Angola, Cape Verde, People’s Republic of Mozambique, S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe, Vanuatu<\/p>\n

1977<\/strong> – Guinea-Bissau<\/p>\n

1978<\/strong> – Moldova<\/p>\n

1979<\/strong> – Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau<\/p>\n

1980<\/strong> – Iraq<\/p>\n

1984<\/strong> – Liechtenstein<\/p>\n

1986<\/strong> – Central African Republic<\/p>\n

1989<\/strong> – Namibia<\/p>\n

1997<\/strong> – Qatar<\/p>\n

2002<\/strong> – Timor-Leste<\/p>\n

2003<\/strong> – Oman<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong> – Kuwait<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong> – United Arab Emirates<\/p>\n

2015\u00a0<\/strong>– Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n

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\nDonna Henes is the author of The Queen of My Self: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife<\/em>. She offers counseling and upbeat, practical and ceremonial guidance for individual women and groups who want to enjoy the fruits of an enriching, influential, purposeful, passionate, and powerful maturity. Consult the MIDLIFE MIDWIFE\u2122<\/p>\n

The Queen welcomes questions concerning all issues of interest to women in their mature years. Send your inquiries to thequeenofmyself@aol.com.<\/p>\n

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