The Indian Citizenship Act passed on June 2, 1924. Native American suffragists such as Zitkala-Sa (pictured) fought for its passage. which resulted in voting rights to many Native American women and men, but many...
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 was the second place in America to extend voting rights to women, after its neighbor, Wyoming Territory.
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. This newspaper cover shows Wyoming women voting in 1888. At that time, Wyoming women were the only American...
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!
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...
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/
I was just at the South Jordan Library and spotted my book on display! If you’re in my neighborhood, now is a great time to borrow it! #WomensHistory #19thamendment via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B4V9chlhMXb/
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