Iceland

Iceland beat New Zealand to it! We were getting there slowly. We will however always be the first country to give women the vote.

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Actually it’s better now! 2018 election voted more women in. Also shout out for Cuba and Bolivia who also have more female members than men. Iceland have jumped up from 22nd.

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Maybe not a fully independent country as such but Isle of Man was the first parliament in the world to offer women the vote.
It was an often overlooked influence and inspiration to the early suffrage movement in Britain.
 
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