to women. United Kingdom: In 1918 Marie Stopes, who believed in equality in marriage and the importance of women's sexual desire, published Married Love, a sex manual that, according to a survey of American academics in 1935, was one of the 25 most influential books of the previous 50 years, ahead of Relativity by Albert Einstein, Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud and The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes. US, Michigan, South Dakota, Oklahoma: Michigan, South Dakota, and Oklahoma granted women the right to vote. Austria: Austria granted women the right to vote. Canada: Canada granted women the right to vote on the federal level (the last province to enact women's suffrage was Quebec in 1940.) United Kingdom: The Representation of the People Act was passed which allowed women over the age of 30 who met a property qualification to vote. Although 8.5 million women met this criterion, it only represented 40 per cent of the total population of women in the UK. The same act extended the vote to all men over the age of 21. United Kingdom: The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 was passed allowing women to stand as members of parliament. Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia granted women the right to vote. 1919 Germany: Germany granted women the right to vote. Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan granted women the right to vote. Italy: Women gained more property rights, including control over their own earnings, and access to some legal positions. United Kingdom: The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 became law. In a broad opening statement it specified that, "[a] person shall not be disqualified by sex or marriage from the exercise of any public function, or from being appointed to or holding any civil or judicial office or post, or from entering or assuming or carrying on any civil profession or vocation". The Act did provide employment opportunities for individual women and many were appointed as magistrates, but in practice it fell far short of the expectations of the women's movement. Senior positions in the civil service were still closed to women and they could be excluded from juries if evidence was likely to be too "sensitive". Luxembourg: Luxembourg granted women the right to vote. Canada: Women were granted the right to be candidates in federal elections. Netherlands: The Netherlands granted women the right to vote. The right to stand in election