4 February 1919: Belarus — Women were granted the right to vote and stand in elections.[7][8] 10 February 1919: U.S. Senate defeats women's suffrage amendment.[9] 10 February 1919: Paris, France — The Inter-Allied Women's Conference, also known as the Suffragist Conference of the Allied Countries and the United States, convened to compile a list of women's issues to present to the delegates of the Paris Peace Conference,[10] since they were barred from the official conference.[11] 14-16 February 1919: Georgia — Women participated for the first time in national voting, electing members of the constitutional assembly.[12] On 2 December 1918 Peri-Khan Sofiyeva (Azerbaijani: Pərixan Sofiyeva, Georgian: ფარიხან სოფიევა), an Azerbaijani woman living in Georgia was elected to serve on a local counsel for the village council of Karajala, in the Kakheti Region, and she began her term as a regional representative in parliamentary elections held in 1919.[13][14] 16 February 1919: Austria — Women were allowed to vote for the first time.