Around the world1893
Women vote in New Zealand
New Zealand became the first country where women could vote in national elections.
Skien, 25 Nov 1898 – Oslo, 15 Oct 1994
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25 Nov 1898
Born in Skien
4 Jul 1937
A daughter is born
15 Oct 1994
Dies in Oslo, aged 95
She lived through 11 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Skien.
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Around the world1893
New Zealand became the first country where women could vote in national elections.
Around the world · 1896The first modern Olympics. Athens hosted the first modern Olympic Games, with 241 athletes from 14 nations.
Around the world · 1889–1890The “Russian flu”. A flu pandemic travelled the world by rail and steamship in a few months, killing about a million people.
Around the world · 1895The cinema. In a Paris café the Lumière brothers showed films to a paying audience for the first time.