alleryWhich country was the first in the world to grant women the vote in 1893?
AUnited Kingdom
BNew Zealand
CUnited States
DFrench Republic
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. New Zealand
1. Women's suffrage spread in the late nineteenth century.
2. New Zealand in 1893 became the first country to grant active universal suffrage by giving women the vote.
3. The UK followed only in 1918 to 1928.
_Source: Wikipedia, Universal suffrage, History_
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