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Washington state restores women's right to vote through the state constitution. [26] 1911. California women earn the right to vote following the passage of California Proposition 4. [27] 1912. Women in Arizona and Kansas earn the right to vote. [27] Women in Oregon earn the right to vote. [13] 1913
No other women in the colonial era are known to have voted. [20] The New Jersey constitution of 1776 enfranchised all adult inhabitants who owned a specified amount of property. Laws enacted in 1790 and 1797 referred to voters as "he or she", and women regularly voted. A law passed in 1807, however, excluded women from voting in that state. [21]
By 1947, all state constitutional provisions that barred women from voting had been rendered ineffective by the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920. The updated constitution of 1947, reflecting this, once again included women as eligible voters – as they had been in New Jersey in 1776.
Ohio: Married women are given the right to own (but not control) property in their own name. [4] Michigan: Married women are given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1848. New York: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [12]
Shortly thereafter, the Electoral Act (Reichswahlgesetz) was passed on November 30, 1918, granting voting rights to all German citizens aged 20 and above, including women. This marked a significant milestone for women's rights in Germany, following years of advocacy by women's movements and the consistent support of the Social Democratic Party ...
Voting Booths That was a little over a hundred years ago, in the 20th Century. Ratified in 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment gave men of all colors, races, and previous servitude status the right to vote.
The year 2020 marks the centennial of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, as well as the 150th anniversary of the first women voting in Utah, which was the first state in the nation where women cast a ballot. [143] An annual celebration of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, known as Women's Equality Day, began on August 26, 1973. [144]
1868: Citizenship is guaranteed to all persons born or naturalized in the United States by the Fourteenth Amendment, setting the stage for future expansions to voting rights. 1869–1920: Some states allow women to vote. Wyoming was the first state to give women voting rights in 1869.