Women's Right to Vote By jodychen Sep 19, 1893 New Zealand Jun 12, 1902 Australia Jun 1, 1906 Finland First European country. Feb 6, 1918 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland May 24, 1918 Canada Aug 18, 1920 United States of America May 20, 1930 South Africa *White women only Dec 25, 1947 China and Taiwan Dec 10, 1948 United Nations adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights *Article 21 addresses equal suffrage