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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.
In many nations, women's suffrage was granted before universal suffrage, in which cases women and men from certain socioeconomic classes or races were still unable to vote. Some countries granted suffrage to both sexes at the same time. This timeline lists years when women's suffrage was enacted.
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 ...
Advocates for women's rights founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) in June 1966 out of frustration with the enforcement of the sex bias provisions of the Civil Rights Act and Executive Order 11375. [103] New York state legislature amends its abortion-related statute to allow for more therapeutic exceptions. [8] 1966
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 ...
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 .
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
Women’s suffrage group on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C., 1919. Getty Images. 2. The day became Women's History Week in 1978. ... The Women's History Month theme for ...