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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.
This is a timeline of voting rights in the United States, documenting when various groups in the country gained the right to vote or were disenfranchised. Contents 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1980s
It was the first women's rights convention to be chaired by a woman, a step that was considered to be radical at the time. [56] That meeting was followed by the Ohio Women's Convention at Salem in 1850, the first women's rights convention to be organized on a statewide basis, which also endorsed women's suffrage. [57]
1777– All states pass laws which take away women's right to vote. 1809 – Mary Kies becomes the first woman to receive a patent, for a method of weaving straw with silk.
Timeline of first women's suffrage in majority-Muslim countries; Timeline of women's suffrage in the United States; Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) List of the first female holders of political offices in Europe; List of the first female members of parliament by country; List of suffragists and suffragettes
Seraph Young, the niece of Brigham Young, was the first woman to vote under a women's equal suffrage law in the United States, due to a municipal election held on February 14, 1869 (Wyoming had recognized women's right to vote earlier that year, but had not yet held an election). [66]
Dutch women won the passive vote (allowed to run for parliament) after a revision of the Dutch Constitution in 1917 and the active vote (electing representatives) in 1919, and American women on August 26, 1920, with the passage of the 19th Amendment (the Voting Rights Act of 1965 secured voting rights for racial minorities).
History tells us that matters like marriage equality, voting rights, abortion access and campaign finance are often adjudicated through the court system. Currently, the Supreme Court is made up of eight justices, the ninth seat vacant since Justice Antonin Scalia’s death in February.