▁ 1 8 4 0 ▁without ▁mention ▁of ▁sex ; ▁however , ▁a ▁constitution al ▁am end ment ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 2 ▁res c ind ed ▁female ▁voting ▁and ▁put ▁property ▁qual ifications ▁on ▁male ▁voting . ▁ ▁In ▁Sweden , ▁conditional ▁women ' s ▁suff rage ▁was ▁in ▁effect ▁during ▁the ▁Age ▁of ▁Liber ty ▁( 1 7 1 8 – 1 7 7 2 ). ▁Other ▁possible ▁cont enders ▁for ▁first ▁" country " ▁to ▁grant ▁women ▁suff rage ▁include ▁the ▁C ors ican ▁Republic ▁( 1 7 5 5 ), ▁the ▁Pit ca ir n ▁Islands ▁( 1 8 3 8 ), ▁the ▁Is le ▁of ▁Man ▁( 1 8 8 1 ), ▁and ▁France ville ▁( 1 8 8 9 – 1 8 9 0 ), ▁but ▁some ▁of ▁these ▁operated ▁only ▁briefly ▁as ▁independent ▁states ▁and ▁others ▁were ▁not ▁clearly ▁independent . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 5 6 , ▁L yd ia ▁T aft ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁legal ▁woman ▁vot er ▁in ▁colonial ▁America . ▁This ▁occurred ▁under ▁British ▁rule ▁in ▁the ▁Massachusetts ▁Col ony . ▁In ▁a ▁New ▁England ▁town ▁meeting ▁in ▁U x bridge , ▁Massachusetts , ▁she ▁voted ▁on ▁at ▁least ▁three ▁occasions . ▁Un mar ried ▁white ▁women ▁who ▁owned ▁property ▁could ▁vote ▁in ▁New ▁Jersey ▁from ▁ 1 7 7 6 ▁to ▁ 1 8 0 7 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 7 9 2 ▁elections ▁in ▁Sierra ▁Le one , ▁then ▁a ▁new ▁British ▁col ony , ▁all