Timeline Friday 15 March 1907

Events on Friday 15 March 1907 1

• 1907 First women elected to a national parliament Nineteen women win seats in Finland's Eduskunta In elections held in March 1907, Finland became the first country in the world to elect women to its national legislature, after granting universal suffrage in 1906. Nineteen women won seats in the new unicameral Eduskunta. The result was widely reported as a milestone for women's political representation.