Q. Which among the following countries was the earliest to give women the right to vote? (UPSC Prelims 2003)
Answer: New Zealand
Notes: New Zealand was the first country to allow women to vote (in 1893), while the King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia granted women the right to vote in 2011. The United States finally began allowing women to vote in 1920, after the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.