Utah ratified the 19th Amendment on October 3, 1919.
Utah ratified the 19th Amendment on October 3, 1919.
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Love the new mural unveiled by @zionsbank, artist Jann Haworth in honor of #WomensEqualityDay!
I celebrated the 100th anniversary of the #19thamendment by finding images of living and historical Utah women on the mural and telling my son about these great role models. Can’t wait to look up...
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the #19thamendment, #Utah unveiled a new memorial.
We stand in the center in this photo, after reminders of the fight for suffrage decades before the amendment, including winning the vote in Utah 50 years before the 19th Amendment passed, and beyond...
The Indian Citizenship Act passed on June 2, 1924.
The Indian Citizenship Act passed on June 2, 1924. Native American suffragists such as Zitkala-Sa (pictured) fought for its passage. which The Indian Citizenship resulted in voting rights to many Native American women and...
Announcing all four books of the Ask a Suffragist series
We are pleased to announce that Ask a Suffragist: Stories and Wisdom from America’s First Feminists will be followed by three more Ask a Suffragist books, channeling the lived experiences of suffragists spanning 100...
April Young Bennett in the news: how more egalitarian church practices could help religious women during the COVID-19 crisis
Ask a Suffragist author April Young Bennett spoke with the Salt Lake Tribune about the how religious organizations are coping with COVID-19, and how more egalitarian church practices could help religious women during this...
Celebrating 150 years since women first voted in Utah
Happy votes for women anniversary, Utah! Utah women voted for the first time on February 14, 1870. What a great Valentines Day that must have been! via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jYiiRhJ6h/
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.
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...
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...
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...
