On this day in 1915, women in Denmark gained the right to vote
Photo: Nina Bang, Danish historian, politician and Minister for Education, 1920s
On this day in 1915, women in Denmark gained the right to vote and run for parliamentary elections, following a change in the Danish constitution. They first cast their vote in the 1918 parliamentary election. Of the 402 candidates, 41 were women, and 9 were elected. In 1924, Nina Bang was appointed Minister for Education, becoming the country’s first female minister and making Denmark the second country in the world to have a female minister.
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