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In 1912 women gained suffrage in the state, eight years before the country as a whole. Signing of Arizona statehood bill in 1912. Arizona's first Congressman was Carl Hayden (1877–1972). [47] He was the son of a Yankee merchant who had moved to Tempe because he needed dry heat for his bad lungs.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union opens a Phoenix branch. [55] 1885 Arizona Canal completed. [55] Phoenix broken up into four wards, although city officials remain citywide offices. [55] Destructive fire destroys major portions of Phoenix. [55] Arizona Insane Asylum is awarded to Phoenix, while the state university is awarded to Tucson ...
The history of Phoenix, Arizona, goes back millennia, beginning with nomadic paleo-Indians who existed in the Americas in general, and the Salt River Valley in particular, about 7,000 BC until about 6,000 BC. Mammoths were the primary prey of hunters. As that prey moved eastward, they followed, vacating the area. [1]
When Arizona became a state on February 14, 1912, an attempt to legislate a women's suffrage amendment to the Arizona Constitution failed. Frances Munds mounted a successful ballot initiative campaign. On November 5, 1912, women's suffrage passed in Arizona. In 1913, the voter registration books were opened to women.
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The Territory of Arizona, commonly known as the Arizona Territory, was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863, [1] until February 14, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Arizona.
All around Arizona, rocks hold remains of life that lived hundreds of millions of years ago. When people think fossils, dinosaurs typically come to mind – but that’s only one part of the picture.