Talk focuses on women and Washington State Constitution
Local historian Shanna Stevenson talks about the history of suffrage in Washington. Suffragists in Washington Territory were told to leave voting rights to the “chivalry of men,” who would eventually allow for them to vote. Thankfully, many activists and suffragists ignored that advice. Washington state became the 5th state in the United States to permanently protect women’s right to vote. This was just one story from local historian Shanna Stevenson’s presentation. At a brown-bag event hosted by Secretary of State…