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...
It lists four dates: 1870, when Utah women first voted, the 19th Amendment in 1920, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and today. #suffragecentennial #suffrage100 #election2020 via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CG4u-qXhWFi/ P.S. I voted!
Idaho was the fourth state to enfranchise women, after its neighbors, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado, and it would be the last to do so for over a decade. To learn when American women across...
“I have not contended for Democrat, Republican, Protestant or Baptist for an agent; I have worked for freedom. I have labored to give my race a voice in the affairs of the nation.” -Sarah...
Utah ratified the 19th Amendment on October 3, 1919.
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...
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. 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...
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...
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...
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/
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...
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