Susanna Madora Salter was the first woman elected as mayor in the US in 1887, after her name was secretly added to the ballot. The women’s suffrage movement began in 1848 and after 70 years, the 19th amendment was passed. Decades before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially enfranchised American women in […]
Wyoming gave women the right to vote in 1869, 50 years before the 19th Amendment. The bill was passed to increase the population to qualify for statehood. Wyoming became a state in 1890. Other states that allowed women to vote were Colorado, Utah, and Idaho. Tennessee cast the deciding vote for the 19th Amendment. Women […]
New Jersey allowed some single women to vote in 1776, but the law was changed in 1807 to only allow adult white male taxpaying citizens to vote. This made New Jersey unique as the other 12 original states only allowed male voters. Only well-off single women were able to vote in New Jersey, as married […]
