December 10, 1869: For the first time since 1807, when the New Jersey Legislature disenfranchised the state's women voters, there is now a part of the U.S. where a woman can legally cast a ballot: the Territory of Wyoming!
For the first time since 1807, when the New Jersey Legislature disenfranchised that State’s women voters, there is now a part of the United States where a woman can legally cast a ballot: The Territory of Wyoming!
PHOTO: The Rollins House in Cheyenne, where the Wyoming Territorial Legislature meets. It recently approved not only woman suffrage, but equal pay for male and female teachers, as well as property rights for married women. SECTION 1: That every woman of the age of twenty-one years, residing in this territory, may, at every election to be holden under the laws thereof, cast her vote. And her rights to the elective franchise and to hold office shall be the same under the election laws of this territory, as those of electors.Approved, December 10, 1869.Our movement has now completely revived from its temporary suspension during the War.
On May 15th of this year, the National Woman Suffrage Association was formed in New York City, then on November 24th and 25th, men and women gathered in Cleveland, Ohio, to form the American Woman Suffrage Association. There is also serious consideration being given to using the 14th Amendment, ratified on July 9th of last year, as a way of winning nationwide woman suffrage through the courts.
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