In the years between 1869 and 1893, women's suffrage became an international movement. New Zealand became the first country to grant women electoral equality with men in 1893. By the end of World War I, 12 other countries had followed suit. But in the States, women were still struggling. They got the vote in Idaho in 1896 but they had to wait until 1910 before their next victory in Washington. California joined the bandwagon in 1911, followed by Arizona, Kansas and Oregon in 1912. Montana and Nevada joined in 1914. The bitter struggle of almost seven decades was paying off and seemed finally at an end when both party platforms in 1916 advocated the granting of voting rights to women. But the lack of action by Congress led women to resort to more aggressive tactics in 1917. They picketed the White House, burned copies of the President's speeches and when arrested, they went on hunger strikes. The new tactics were successful. New York, Michigan, Oklahoma and South Dakota gave the vote to women that same year and Congress finally took the women ,s movement seriously.