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Women's Suffrage in Utah (U.S. National Park Service)

In the 1860s, well-connected easterners began to view Utah Territory as an ideal place to experiment with voting rights for women.

Gaining, Losing, and Winning Back the Vote - Utah Women's History

Utah became a leader in women's suffrage, a movement to gain the right to vote for women. Although Wyoming Territory was first in the nation to extend voting ...

Suffrage and Stories of Utah Women - Utah State Archives

The Utah State Archives will also be sharing stories of underrepresented and minority women and others who still needed to strive for equality.

Women's suffrage in Utah - Wikipedia

Women's suffrage in Utah ... Women's suffrage was first granted in Utah in 1870, in the pre-federal period, decades before statehood. Among all U.S. states, only ...

Women's Suffrage: 1870-1896 - I Love History - Utah.gov

Two months later, Utah's territorial legislature unanimously approved a women's suffrage law, making Utah the second territory to give women voting rights.

Utah women had the right to vote long before others

A full 50 years before the 19th Amendment became national law, female citizens in Utah made history as the first to exercise equal suffrage rights.

“A Path Forward” - Celebrating Women's Suffrage in Utah

“A Path Forward” was built in 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to celebrate 150 years since women first voted in Utah, and 100 years since the 19th Amendment gave ...

women's suffrage in utah - Utah History Encyclopedia

The act was signed two days later by the acting governor, S. A. Mann, and on 14 February, the first woman voter in the municipal election reportedly was Sarah ...

Why Was Utah The First State for Women to Vote In? | Episode 6 - PBS

In January 1870, several thousand women gathered in Salt Lake City to protest an anti-polygamy bill. They also demanded equal suffrage. And ...

Where to See Utah's Suffrage History in Salt Lake City

She successfully pushed women's suffrage in the Utah Constitution upon statehood in 1896. She lived to see the 19th Amendment ratified before her death in 1921.

3.14 “Female Suffrage in Utah,” February 8, 1870

Cannon, an avid supporter of female suffrage, printed the following editorial on February 8, 1870. The Council passed the bill the following day, with some ...

Utah and the 19th Amendment - National Park Service

In 1870, the Utah territory passed legislation officially recognizing women's voting rights. But in 1887, Utah women lost the right to vote. The ...

Suffrage and Polygamy in Utah - JSTOR Daily

Women began voting legally in Utah Territory in 1870, only to have that right taken away from them later. Martha Hughes Cannon. via DPLA.

Sisters for Suffrage - Church History

Celebrating 150 years since Utah women became the first in the nation to vote under an equal suffrage law, this exhibition highlights the pioneering role of ...

Why Was Utah The First Territory for *Women to Vote In? - YouTube

In 1870, 50 years before the 19th Amendment was ratified, thousands of Utah women voted under equal suffrage law, a first in the nation.

Answering Questions About Voting Firsts - Better Days

So in 1870, Utah women citizens were the first in the U.S. to vote with equal suffrage rights as men. But there had previously been a few circumstances where ...

Utah Women Led the Way - Mitt Romney

Twenty-four years before the 19th Amendment to grant equal suffrage for women was ratified, Utah once again made history by electing the ...

Timeline of women's suffrage in Utah - Wikipedia

Women earned the right to vote on February 12, 1870 while Utah was still a territory. The first woman to vote under equal suffrage laws was Seraph Young on ...

Power Of The Past: Retelling Utah's Suffragist History To Empower ...

Women in Utah became the first in America to vote under an equal suffrage law on Feb. 14, 1870. There are celebrations, but it means ...

Better Days 2020

Utah women have a rich legacy of leadership. They were the first in the nation to vote under an equal suffrage law, and women have continued to shape and impact ...