Trailblazers of Women's Suffrage
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Which country was the first in the world to grant women the right to vote?

  • United Kingdom
  • New Zealand (correct)
  • Australia
  • United States
  • Who was a prominent figure in the suffrage movement in New Zealand?

  • Kate Sheppard (correct)
  • Emmeline Pankhurst
  • Susan B. Anthony
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • What percentage of New Zealand women voted in their first general election after being granted the right to vote?

  • 75%
  • 50%
  • 65% (correct)
  • 90%
  • True or false: New Zealand was the first self-governing country in the world to grant women the right to vote in parliamentary elections?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Kate Sheppard was the governor of New Zealand when the new Electoral Act was signed into law?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Lord Glasgow signed the new Electoral Act into law in New Zealand?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    New Zealand was the first country in the world to grant women the vote. Kate Sheppard, ______ light of the suffrage movement, was vindicated when 65% of New Zealand women took the chance to vote in their first general election

    <p>a leading</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When the governor, Lord Glasgow, signed a new Electoral Act into law, New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world in which women had the right to vote in parliamentary ______

    <p>elections</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Kate Sheppard's home during the eventful years of the ______ movement

    <p>suffrage</p> Signup and view all the answers

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