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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.
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 .
Colorado passes full women's suffrage. [22] 1896. Women in Utah regain their right to vote. [29] [27] Grandfather clauses are enacted in Louisiana in order to disenfranchise black voters. [30] Women's suffrage is won in Idaho. [27] 1899. The right to vote in the territory of Hawaii is restricted to English and Hawaiian speaking men and the ...
October 17–18: Sixth National Woman's Rights Convention, held in Nixon's Hall in Cincinnati. [5] 1856. November 25–26: Seventh National Woman's Rights Convention held in the Broadway Tabernacle in New York City. [5] 1858. May 13–14: Eighth National Woman's Rights Convention held in Mozart Hall in New York City. [5] 1859
Timeline: The women's rights movement in the US. Historians describe two waves of feminism in history: the first in the 19 th century, growing out of the anti-slavery movement, and the second, in ...
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; List of women's rights activists; List of women pacifists and peace activists
The timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) represents formal changes and reforms regarding women's rights. The changes include actual law reforms, as well as other formal changes (e.g., reforms through new interpretations of laws by precedents ).
On Wednesday, March 30, Dr. Cheryl Van Den Handel spoke about suffrage as part of a humanities discussion project from the American Library Association, supported by the National Endowment for the ...