Countdown to the November 8th Day of Jubilation – Part 6

Countdown to the November 8th Day of Jubilation – Part 6

The year was 1878.  In hope of qualifying Washington for statehood, a Constitutional Convention was held in Walla Walla to draft a state constitution (which Congress failed to ratify).  A separate measure granting women to vote was put on the ballot, but it was rejected by a three-to-one margin of all-male voters.

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