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February 1918:
The British Government passed an act giving women the vote if they were
over the age of 30 and either owned property or rented for at least 5/year,
or were the wife of someone who did. As a result, 8.5 million women
became entitled to vote in the General Election of 1918.
1918:
-- Canada gives women the vote in most provinces by
federal law. Quebec is not included. Native women were
not included.
-- Germany and the Russian Federation grant women the
vote.
-- Austria adopts woman suffrage.
-- Women given full suffrage in Latvia, Poland, and
Estonia.
-- Women granted limited voting rights in Ireland.
1919:
Lady Astor [was elected to] the British House of
Commons[;] she became the first European
woman to take her seat in a national political
body" (Wilkinson, 143).