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White and African American women in the Territory of Alaska earn the right to vote. [34] Women in Illinois earn the right to vote in presidential elections. [28] 1914. Nevada and Montana women earn the right to vote. [23] 1917. Women in Arkansas earn the right to vote in primary elections. [23] Women in Rhode Island earn the right to vote in ...
The focus turns to working at the state level. Wyoming renewed general women's suffrage, becoming the first state to allow women to vote. [6] [3] [8] 1890: A suffrage campaign loses in South Dakota. [6] 1893: After a campaign led by Carrie Chapman Catt, Colorado men vote for women's suffrage. [6]
Women's rights to a public identity were restricted by the common law practice of coverture. [283] As women were not citizens in their own right and married women were required to assume the citizenship and residency requirements of their spouses, many women upon marriage had no voting rights.
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 ...
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:
After the war ended in 1918, American women were no longer allowed to serve in the military, except as nurses, until 1942. [207] However, in 1920 a provision of the Army Reorganization Act granted military nurses the status of officers with "relative rank" from second lieutenant to major (but not full rights and privileges). [118]
White women in Alaska were able to vote in school board elections in 1904. [411] [412] Many white women's rights activists in the state were involved with the WCTU. [413] Cornelia Templeton Hatcher, an active WCTU member also worked towards women's suffrage in the state. [413] Lena Morrow Lewis also campaigned for women's suffrage in Alaska. [414]