Utah Ask a Suffragist Image marching from the west

by April Young Bennett · December 30, 2018

April Young Bennett

April Young Bennett is the author of the Ask a Suffragist book series, host of the Religious Feminism Podcast and a writer for the Exponent II. For more information about April, see aprilyoungb.com

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

January 18, 2021

After courts overruled Washington territory's 1883 women's suffrage law, Washington gave women the right to vote again on this day in 1888. Unfortunately, it was also overruled by the courts shortly thereafter.

January 27, 2021

Wyoming ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1920.

February 1, 2021

Charles Lenox Remond was born on this day in 1810.
February is Black History Month
Harriet Forten Purvis was born on this day in 1810.

February 3, 2021

Elizabeth Blackwell was born on this day in 1821.

February 7, 2021

Nevada ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1920.

February 8, 2021

It was already law, but Vermont showed its support by ratifying the 19th Amendment on this day in 1921.

February 9, 2021

New Jersey ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1920.

February 11, 2021

Idaho ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1920.

February 12, 2021

Arizona ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1920.
Utah territory gave women the right to vote on this day in 1870.

February 14, 2021

Frederick Douglass was born in February 1818.
On this day in 1870, Utah territory held the first American election with equal voting rights for women since New Jersey rescinded women's suffrage in 1807.

February 15, 2021

Susan B. Anthony was born on this day in 1820.

February 20, 2021

Angelina Grimké Weld was born on this day in 1805.
Better late than never! Georgia ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1970. The 19th had become law in 1920.

February 21, 2021

Better late than never! Virginia ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1952. The 19th had become law in 1920.
New Mexico ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1920.

February 28, 2021

Oklahoma ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1920.

Utah Ask a Suffragist Image marching from the west