On September 19
On September 19, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: New Zealand Becomes First Self-Governing Nation to Grant Women the Vote (1893).
On this day
On 19 September 1893 the Governor of New Zealand, Lord Glasgow, signed a new Electoral Act into law, making the colony the first self-governing nation in the world to grant all adult women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
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