USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Suffrage and beyond On 19 September 1893 the governor, Lord Glasgow, signed a new Electoral Act into law. As a result of this landmark legislation, New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world in which women had the right to vote in parliamentary elections.

Detailed explanation-2: -When Governor Glasgow signed the Electoral Bill on 19 September 1893, New Zealand became the first self-governing nation in the world where women had won the right to vote.

Detailed explanation-3: -Colorado was the first state to enfranchise women by referendum, meaning that the people of Colorado voted in an election to enfranchise women.

Detailed explanation-4: -Beginning in the mid-19th century, several generations of woman suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change of the Constitution. Few early supporters lived to see final victory in 1920.