Question 1

True or false: The first country to grant women full voting rights was New Zealand in 1893.

Accepted Answer

True. New Zealand was indeed the first self-governing country to give all women the vote, though they couldn't stand for parliament until later.

Question 2

True or false: The women's suffrage movement in the UK was entirely nonviolent, relying only on petitions and speeches.

Accepted Answer

False. The suffragettes, led by Emmeline Pankhurst, used militant tactics like smashing windows, arson, and hunger strikes to force change.

Question 3

True or false: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were lifelong friends who founded the first women's rights convention.

Accepted Answer

False. While they were close allies, the first women's rights convention was in Seneca Falls in 1848, organized by Stanton and Lucretia Mott, without Anthony.

Question 4

True or false: The 19th Amendment in the US was passed thanks to a single tie-breaking vote from a young legislator.

Accepted Answer

True. In 1920, Tennessee's Harry Burn voted yes after receiving a letter from his mother, breaking a tie and ratifying the amendment.

Question 5

True or false: Women in Wyoming were the first in the United States to gain full voting rights in 1869.

Accepted Answer

True. Wyoming Territory granted women the vote in 1869, and it became the first state to keep that right upon entering the Union in 1890.

Question 6

True or false: The suffrage movement had unanimous support from all women, with no organized opposition by women themselves.

Accepted Answer

False. Many women, like those in the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, actively campaigned against the vote, fearing it would disrupt family life.

Question 7

True or false: Some Native American women could vote in US federal elections before 1920 due to treaty rights.

Accepted Answer

True. Certain treaties with tribes like the Iroquois allowed Native women to vote in some states decades before the 19th Amendment.

Question 8

True or false: Women in Saudi Arabia were allowed to vote and run for office only in 2015.

Accepted Answer

True. King Abdullah granted women the right to vote and stand as candidates in municipal elections, with the first such election held in December 2015.

Women's suffrage movement Trivia Questions