Category: History (and Her Story)
Women of Utah Territory voted in their first election on Valentine’s Day, 1870.
It was the first time American women voted since New Jersey women lost the right in 1807. Wyoming women also had the right to vote, but had not held an election yet since women...
Utah Territory gave women the right to vote on February 12, 1870.
Utah Territory was the second place in America to extend voting rights to women, after its neighbor, Wyoming Territory.
Vermont ratified the 19th Amendment on February 8, 1921.
The 19th had already had enough supporting states to become law, but Vermont declared their support.
Oregon ratified the 19th Amendment on January 13, 1920.
Oregon ratified the 19th Amendment on January 13, 1920.
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...
