Women only got the right to vote in France after WW2. I'm surprised. Here are some other interesting notes from this website:
1788 United States of America (to stand for election)
| 1944 | Bulgaria, France, Jamaica |
| 1945 | Croatia, Guyana (to stand for election), Indonesia, Italy, Japan1, Senegal, Slovenia, Togo |
| 1946 | Cameroon, D.P.R. of Korea, Djibouti (to vote), Guatemala, Liberia, Myanmar (to stand for election), Panama**, Romania**, The F.Y.R. of Macedonia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yugoslavia |
| 1947 | Argentina, Japan1, Malta, Mexico (to vote), Pakistan, Singapore |
| 1980 | Iraq, Vanuatu1 |
| 1984 | Liechtenstein, South Africa (Coloureds + Indians) |
| 1986 | Central African Republic, Djibouti (to stand for election) |
| 1989 | Namibia |
| 1990 | Samoa |
| 1993 | Kazakhstan1, Republic of Moldova1 |
| 1994 | South Africa (Blacks) |
| 2005 | Kuwait |
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