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Did suffragettes have an easier time in other countries?

a scene from Sarah Gavron's film, Suffragette
Long struggle … a scene from Sarah Gavron's film, Suffragette. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid

The suffragette movement in the UK only managed to get votes for women after a long campaign of militant civil disobedience. Did the women of other countries fare any better? Are there any countries left where women have yet to get the vote?

Colin Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne

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