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

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…

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Countdown to the November 8th Day of Jubilation -Part 2

Countdown to the November 8th Day of Jubilation -Part 2

In October of 1871, prominent national suffrage advocate Susan B. Anthony traveled to Washington Territory and became the first woman to address the Washington Territorial Legislature.  Anthony and Oregon suffragist Abigail Scott Duniway toured Washington Territory to promote women’s suffrage, spurring the creation of Suffrage Associations throughout the area.  Fast-forward to 2010, and plans are in the works to celebrate the 139th anniversary of Susan B. Anthony’s history-making visit this October in Olympia.  Stay tuned for more details!

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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