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                   | Finland celebrates 100 years of the right to vote for women - June 1, 2006 - One hundred years ago, on June 1, 1906, Finland became the first country to grant women full political rights to vote and to run for office. In elections the following year, 19 women were elected to parliament. Prior to that, in 1893, New Zealand gave women the right to vote, but they could not run for office. In 1902, Australia gave women a restricted right to vote. In the US, by 1906, women could vote in four states: Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho. On August 26, 1920, the nineteenth amendment to the US constitution gave women in the United States the right to vote. Today, 38% of the members of parliament in Finland are women. In the US, 15% of the members of Congress are women. For more information on the 100th anniversary of the right to vote in Finland: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5036602.stm
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