<P> Some women in the Isle of Man ( geographically part of the British Isles but not part of the United Kingdom ) gained the right to vote in 1881 . Though it did not achieve nationhood until 1907 , the colony of New Zealand was the first self - governing country in the world in which all women had the right to vote in , but not to stand for , parliamentary elections in 1893 , followed closely by the colony of South Australia in 1894 ( which , unlike New Zealand , allowed women to stand for Parliament ) . In Sweden , conditional women 's suffrage was granted during the age of liberty between 1718 and 1772 . </P>
<P> Some women in the Isle of Man ( geographically part of the British Isles but not part of the United Kingdom ) gained the right to vote in 1881 . Though it did not achieve nationhood until 1907 , the colony of New Zealand was the first self - governing country in the world in which all women had the right to vote in , but not to stand for , parliamentary elections in 1893 , followed closely by the colony of South Australia in 1894 ( which , unlike New Zealand , allowed women to stand for Parliament ) . In Sweden , conditional women 's suffrage was granted during the age of liberty between 1718 and 1772 . </P>
who gave women 's right to vote first
who gave women 's right to vote first
the colony of New Zealand
the colony of New Zealand