Women's Day & Elections

When the elections come close to Women's Day, it is interesting to see when women also had something to say in politics. I looked up 8 facts and a bonus that will hopefully happen in the future. I will explain these facts in an infographic. 

Women & Elections

As I have noticed, this infographic is about Women and Elections. Hereby I have indicated 8 facts and a bonus fact to be completed in the future about women and elections, namely:

• First time women were allowed to vote

• First time women could be elected in The Netherlands

• First woman in the House of Representatives

• First time women can vote as well as be elected

• First woman in the first room (1e kamer)

• First female administrator (Voorzitter 2e Kamer)

• First female minister

• First female party leader

• And hopefully in the future first female prime minister.

First Country To Give Women Voting Rights

I came up with this blog on Women’s Day 2021 when I saw something about New Zealand. On my travels through New Zealand I visited the parliament in Wellington and was surprised to learn that New Zealand was the first country to give women the right to vote. I contacted then my old colleagues at E-Quality and asked them if they knew about this fact.