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The Reader’s Notebook: New Zealand first in women's vote

Women's suffrage memorial, Christchurch
https://teara.govt.nz/
Women's suffrage memorial, Christchurch

September 19, 1893: Women in New Zealand Win Suffrage. In an unprecedented victory for the suffrage movement, all women in New Zealand, regardless of economic status or race, won full voting rights.