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A few states allowed free Black men to vote, and New Jersey also included unmarried and widowed women who owned property. [1] Generally, states limited this right to property-owning or tax-paying White males (about 6% of the population). [2] Georgia removes property requirement for voting. [3]
Pages in category "Timelines of women's suffrage in the United States by state" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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1870: The Utah Territory grants suffrage to women. [7]1870: The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted. The amendment holds that neither the United States nor any State can deny the right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude," leaving open the right of States to deny the right to vote on account of sex.
Isabella Beecher Hooker was the leading force in the CWSA and led the suffrage movement in that state for the rest of the century. [83] [77] The New England Woman Suffrage Association organized affiliated state suffrage societies in most New England states except for Connecticut. [84] The CWSA recorded a membership of 288 in 1871. [83]
Women in six U.S. states are now effectively allowed to be topless in public, according to a new ruling by the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. 'Free the Nipple' movement: Women can now legally ...
British Raj, Bengal Presidency became the 6th province in British India to grant limited suffrage without the ability for women to stand in elections. [64] Dominion of Newfoundland (limited to women 25 and older; men can vote at age 21. Equal suffrage granted in 1946.) Italy (limited to local elections) [74] 1926
Dr. Blanche Moore Haines (1865–1944), physician; Michigan State chair of the National Woman Suffrage Association. [69] Ida Husted Harper (1851–1931) – organizer, major writer and historian of the US suffrage movement. [70] Florence Jaffray Harriman (1870–1967) – social reformer, organizer and diplomat. [71]