January 1919: Czechoslovakia — Under the terms of the Electoral Rules for Settlements in Czechoslovakia, Act 75, adopted in January 1919, men and women in the Czech area of the country were granted equal voting rights in municipal elections.[1] 1 January 1919: Canada — Women were granted the right to be candidates in federal elections.[2][3] 15 January 1919: Germany — Revolutionary socialist anti-war activist Rosa Luxemburg was murdered by right wing nationalist soldiers.[4] 19 January 1919: Germany — Under the terms of the Weimar Constitution women were accorded equality in access to education, equal opportunity in appointments to the civil service, and equal pay.[5] 26 January 1919: Poland — Five women — Gabriela Balicka-Iwanowska, Jadwiga Dziubińska, Irena Kosmowska [pl], Maria Moczydłowska [pl], and Zofia Moraczewska — were elected to the first Parliament, after the establishment of the Second Polish Republic.[6]