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Mollie Fly retired in 1912, but three years later a fire destroyed her studio. [9] She then moved to Los Angeles, where she died in 1925. Many of the Flys' negatives had been destroyed in the two fires, but Fly donated her remaining collection of photographic negatives to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. [ 3 ]
In 1912 women gained suffrage in the state, eight years before the country as a whole. Signing of Arizona statehood bill in 1912. Arizona's first Congressman was Carl Hayden (1877–1972). [47] He was the son of a Yankee merchant who had moved to Tempe because he needed dry heat for his bad lungs.
When Arizona became a state on February 14, 1912, an attempt to legislate a women's suffrage amendment to the Arizona Constitution failed. Frances Munds mounted a successful ballot initiative campaign. On November 5, 1912, women's suffrage passed in Arizona. In 1913, the voter registration books were opened to women.
Hinchcliffe Court opens near Tucson, the first auto court motel in Arizona. [116] 1912 February 14: Arizona becomes the 48th state of the United States; Phoenix becomes the state capital. [108] U.S. President William Howard Taft issues Proclamation 1180: Admitting Arizona to the Union. [117] The Territory of Arizona becomes the State of Arizona.
Image credits: Vestiges of History Family stories are rarely one type or another. When you look at a photo, you might start talking about a beach vacation, but the conversation could lead to the ...
The U.S. territory of Arizona became a U.S. state on February 14, 1912. Subcategories. ... Pah-Ute County, Arizona Territory; Peralta Stones; Pima Revolt (1751)
The Charles Pugh House, built in 1897 and located at 356 N. Second Avenue / 362 N. Second Avenue. (The 356 address is how the records show the house today. It was listed as 362 in older records.) The Louis Emerson House, built in 1902 and located at 623 N. Fourth St. The Concrete Block Bungalow, built in 1908 and located at 606 N. 9th St.
Legislators look likely to repeal a near-total abortion ban enacted by a deeply unrepresentative territorial legislature.