Cool Facts About New Zealand
Saturday, Aug 29, 2020, 9:00 am
By:
Tony Williams
#9 Universal Suffrage
New Zealand is the very first nation to recognize universal suffrage, in both men and women. While other countries, such as France, recognized universal suffrage for men in 1792, New Zealand was the first to recognize it for both sexes in 1893. This gave all adults the right to vote.
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