NZ becomes first country to given women voting rights (1893)
Lord Glasgow, the governor, signed a new Electoral Act into law on September 19, 1893. As a result of this historic legislation, New Zealand became the world's first self-governing country to grant women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
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