New states, fewer people.
More states from the west started to let women vote too. For instance like Idaho and Montana.
Life in the west was not tied to traditional rules of society.
Because women are importantly equal as man. In Addition: There were many reasons with no one specific explanation for women getting the right to vote in Wyoming and other western states. Wyoming and other western states needed more people. By giving women the right to vote, Wyoming hoped to attract women from the eastern states. Granting women the right to vote also brought publicity to Wyoming. Politics was also a part. African American men were also being given the right to vote at the same time and there were concerns about counteracting their votes. Plus, people in Wyoming believed that women should be given the right to vote and that voting (suffrage) is a basic right of citizenship.
they still aren't just like my slaves back in good old west Virginia
The statement that best describes women's suffrage for much of the first century was that woman in the north could vote. Before 1900 only the states west of the Mississippi River had complete women's suffrage.
The west wasn't as tied to tradition
More states from the west started to let women vote too. For instance like Idaho and Montana.
women won the right to vote!
Women were granted the privilege to voice their political opinions by voting for political candidates in the year 1920. The Constitution was amended in order to ad the 19th Amendment, and legally granting women the right to vote.
They could own property and control their own money and in Wyoming they gave women the right to vote.
Life in the west was not tied to traditional rules of society.
Because women are importantly equal as man. In Addition: There were many reasons with no one specific explanation for women getting the right to vote in Wyoming and other western states. Wyoming and other western states needed more people. By giving women the right to vote, Wyoming hoped to attract women from the eastern states. Granting women the right to vote also brought publicity to Wyoming. Politics was also a part. African American men were also being given the right to vote at the same time and there were concerns about counteracting their votes. Plus, people in Wyoming believed that women should be given the right to vote and that voting (suffrage) is a basic right of citizenship.
Wyoming became the first region in the United States to grant women the right to vote in 1869. This made Wyoming a pioneering example in the fight for women's suffrage.
On this day in 1912, after the men of Oregon voted in favor of a woman's right to vote, it became law by proclamation of Governor West.
woman's sufferage towards democratic equality in Australia for voting rights was split up by states. A basic time line is below: * 1894 - South Australia allows women to vote in State Elections (first voted in 1895) * 1899 - Western Australia follows SA example (First voted in 1901) * 1902 - NSW allows women to vote & the commonwealth franchise act is passed allowing women the right to vote in the federal elections * 1903 - Women vote in their first federal election (Dec, 16th, 1903) * 1905 - QLD allows women to vote * 1908 - Victoria allows women to vote. Keep note that back then the term "womens rights" did not include aboriginal women.They were given the right to vote in 1894.
Esther Morris, a prominent figure in the women's suffrage movement, headed west to Wyoming in the 1860s. She became the first woman to hold a public office in the United States when she was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1870. Morris played a crucial role in advocating for women's right to vote, which was granted in Wyoming in 1869, making it the first territory to extend this right to women. Her efforts significantly influenced the national conversation surrounding women's suffrage.
Many leaders of the national women's suffrage movement came from the West.