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[109] Henry Blackwell, Stone's husband and an AWSA officer, published an open letter to Southern legislatures assuring them that if they allowed both African Americans and women to vote, "the political supremacy of your white race will remain unchanged" and "the black race would gravitate by the law of nature toward the tropics." [110]
1887: In Kansas, women win the right to vote in municipal elections. [3] 1887: Rhode Island becomes the first eastern state to vote on a women's suffrage referendum, but it does not pass. [3] 1888–1889: Wyoming had already granted women voting and suffrage since 1869–70; now they insist that they maintain suffrage if Wyoming joins the Union.
All Americans with Asian ancestry are allowed to vote through the McCarran Walter Act. [11] 1954. Native Americans living on reservations earn the right to vote in Maine. [45] [46] 1958. The provision in the North Dakota state constitution that required Native Americans to renounce their tribal affiliations two years before an election is ...
Women have made great strides – and suffered some setbacks – throughout history, but many of their gains were made during the two eras of activism in favor of women's rights. Some notable events:
Vermont: Married women were granted separate economy and trade licenses. [4] Nebraska: Married women granted separate economy, trade licenses, and control over their earnings. [4] Florida: Married women were given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1882. Lindon v.
Learn about the history of voting rights in America, including when women were allowed to vote and why voter access is still an important issue today.
By the end of 1966, only four out of 13 southern states had fewer than 50 percent of African Americans registered to vote. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was readopted and strengthened in 1970 ...
[202] [203] It was the first women's rights conference held outside of New York and only women were allowed to speak or vote during the convention. [202] [204] One attendee of the convention, John Allen Campbell, later went onto to grant women equal suffrage in Wyoming. [204]