by Ingrid Pharris | July 30th, 2010
In 1871, Daniel Bigelow brought before the Territorial Legislature a bill granting women’s suffrage. However, the Legislature rejected the bill by enacting a law which declared that women could not vote until the U.S. Congress made it the law of the land. (Dave Hastings alluded to this in his comment on my previous post.) Here is what they said:
“Hereafter no female shall have the right of ballot at any poll or election precinct in this Territory until the Congress of the United States of America shall, by direct legislation, declare the same to be the supreme law of the land.”
I hear you saying Gee, thanks for the depressing post, Ingrid! My reply is to have heart! It’s going to get tough for a while until 1910, but we’ll have fun on the way.
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What will happen to immigrant rights 100 years from now. Will it follow the same path as women?
The denial of womens’ right to vote was not based on bigotry, but rather on ignorance (the same thing from some perspectives). The woman was a unit of the household and therefore had her “rights” represented by the head of the household, the man.
What women had to go through to be respected enough to be able to vote is amazing. I am glad that we as a people have come a long way
Womens’ rights are now noticed, especially when it comes to voting.