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Washington’s Road to Women’s Suffrage: 1871

Washington’s Road to Women’s Suffrage: 1871

Women went on a bit of a rollar coaster ride to get the right to vote in Washington, and it took a lot of fight to reach a final victorious outcome in 1910. (A fact that Washington is celebrating next year, the centennial of women’s suffrage!)  One famous setback? In 1871,  noted suffragette Susan B. Anthony came to Olympia to lobby for women’s suffrage and she addressed the Territorial Legislature on the merits of letting women have the vote. The next day…

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Washington’s Road to Women’s Suffrage: 1867

Washington’s Road to Women’s Suffrage: 1867

2010 marks the 100-year anniversary of women’s suffrage in Washington. So what did it take for women to get the  right to vote in Washington?  It was one step at a time. One of those key steps was in 1867, when the Washington Territorial Legislature passed a law giving the right to vote to “. . . all white American citizens above the age of twenty-one…”  The law went on to be more specific, citing:  “. . . all other white male inhabitants of…

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Washington’s road to women’s suffrage: 1854

Washington’s road to women’s suffrage: 1854

Next year will mark the 100-year anniversary of women’s suffrage in Washington … something definitely worth celebrating. Leading up to the centennial, which is November 2010, we are sharing some tidbits about the fight for women’s right to vote in Washington, and how it was finally won. In 1854, Arthur Denny proposed an amendment to the first territorial election law that would give women the vote. It was defeated in the Territorial House of Representatives by one vote, eight for and nine…

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