Hvornår fik kvinder stemmeret?
1920
Women's suffrage
USA gav kvinder lige stemmeret i alle stater med det nittende ændringsforslag, der blev ratificeret i 1920. Brasilien indførte fuld stemmeret for kvinder i 1932. Canada og nogle latinamerikanske lande vedtog kvinders valgret før Anden Verdenskrig, mens langt de fleste latinamerikanske lande indførte kvinders valgret i 1940'erne, med undtagelse af Uruguay i 1917 (se tabellen i resuméet nedenfor). Det sidste latinamerikanske land, der gav kvinder stemmeret, var Paraguay i 1961. I december 2015 fik kvinder for første gang lov til at stemme i Saudi-Arabien (kommunalvalg).
1920
Women's suffrage
The United States gave women equal voting rights in all states with the Nineteenth Amendment ratified in 1920. Brazil implemented full voting rights for women in 1932. Canada and some Latin American nations passed women's suffrage before World War II while the vast majority of Latin American nations established women's suffrage in the 1940s, with the exception of Uruguay in 1917 (see table in Summary below). The last Latin American country to give women the right to vote was Paraguay in 1961. In December 2015, women were first allowed to vote in Saudi Arabia (municipal elections).
Women's suffrage