The suffrage movement started in the early to mid 1800's by pioneers Susan B. Anthony (Massachusetts), Elizabeth Cody (New York), Lucy Stone (Massachusetts). Later, Ida Harper (Indiana) became a vocal voice in the movement and Josephine Brawley-Hughes (Pennsylvania) brought the issue out West to Nevada where her husband and later her son became governors of that state. Both husband and son made woman's rights a major issue. Although the beginnings started in the Northeast, it was in the western territories where woman gained a lot during the 1890's.
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.
No, it wasn't until the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1920 that women were granted suffrage.
The territory of Wyoming was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1869, prior to the 19th Amendment. It became a state in 1890.
Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive (Bull Moose) Party became the first national political party to have a plank supporting women suffrage
To draw attention to the cause of women's suffrage
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.
No
In 1869, Wyoming Territory became the first area of the United States to grant women's suffrage.
The territory of Wyoming was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1869, prior to the 19th Amendment. It became a state in 1890.
In 1945 - rather later than in many countries.
Women was first allowed to vote in the US national election of 1920.
In France women didn't get the right to vote till 1945.
"Suffrage" refers to the right to vote; "women's suffrage" is the right to vote as it applies to women. Most countries in the past (some still in the present) had clear divisions in sex; therefore, women were not granted the right to vote. Through activists and reformers, most countries enfranchised women.
The 19th Amendment gave women suffrage, or, the legal right to vote.
No, it wasn't until the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1920 that women were granted suffrage.
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