Q 01/05

Which was the first self-governing country to grant women the vote at national level, in 1893?

A) Finland

B) New Zealand

C) Australia

D) The United States

Answer · why

B) New Zealand

Kate Sheppard's petition of nearly 32,000 signatures represented almost a quarter of adult European women there.

Q 02/05

Which US territory gave women the vote and the right to stand for office in 1869?

A) Utah

B) Wyoming

C) Washington

D) Colorado

Answer · why

B) Wyoming

It kept the right on becoming a state in 1890 and is nicknamed the Equality State.

Q 03/05

The 1848 Seneca Falls Convention was held in which building?

A) A Quaker meeting house

B) The Stanton family home

C) The town courthouse

D) The Wesleyan Chapel

Answer · why

D) The Wesleyan Chapel

It ran over two days, 19-20 July, and was advertised as a convention on "the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman".

Q 04/05

Which famous abolitionist spoke up at Seneca Falls to keep the demand for the vote in the Declaration of Sentiments?

A) Wendell Phillips

B) Henry Ward Beecher

C) William Lloyd Garrison

D) Frederick Douglass

Answer · why

D) Frederick Douglass

Even Lucretia Mott had urged that the voting resolution be dropped as too radical.

Q 05/05

How many people signed the Declaration of Sentiments at Seneca Falls?

A) 100: 68 women and 32 men

B) 300: 200 women and 100 men

C) 50: all women

D) 19: the organisers only

Answer · why

A) 100: 68 women and 32 men

Elizabeth Cady Stanton modelled it on the Declaration of Independence, changing "all men" to "all men and women are created equal".