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Which was the first country to grant equal voting rights to all its citizens?

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Russia
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New Zealand
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China
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USA
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Solution

The correct option is B New Zealand
The first country to grant equal voting rights to all people was New Zealand, in 1893. In most other democracies, women did not win the right to the vote until after the First World War.

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