Category: History (and Her Story)
Utah became a state, the 3rd with votes for women, on January 4, 1896.
Utah Territory had already enfranchised women in 1870. Utah women voted for 17 years before Congress overruled Utah’s suffrage law and revoked Utah women’s voting rights. When Utah achieved statehood, Utah included women’s suffrage in...
Colorado ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on December 15, 1919.
Colorado ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on December 15, 1919. This was the first time in American history that a state voters’ referendum would enfranchise women. Other states followed suit and enfranchised women through successful...
Wyoming Territory was the first to give women the right to vote on Dec. 10, 1869.
Wyoming Territory was the first to give women the right to vote on Dec. 10, 1869. This newspaper cover shows Wyoming women voting in 1888. At that time, Wyoming women were the only American...
South Dakota ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on December 4, 1919.
South Dakota ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on December 4, 1919.
North Dakota ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on December 1, 1919.
North Dakota ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on December 1, 1919.
Washington Territory gave women the right to vote on Nov. 23, 1883.
Washington territory was the third territory to enfranchise women, before any state had done so, on November 23, 1883. Unfortunately, the courts invalidated Washington’s suffrage law in 1887. The Washington Territorial Legislature quickly passed...
Washington state gave women the right to vote on November 8, 1910.
Gaining the right to vote was tricky for Washington women. While Washington was still a territory, its territorial legislature granted women the right to vote twice, only to have its suffrage laws struck down...
Colorado gave women the right to vote on November 7, 1893.
Colorado was the second state to give women the right to vote.
