Countdown to the November 8th Day of Jubilation – Part 3
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…