On Wed, 23 May 2001, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> At 07:34 PM 5/23/01 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
> >On Thu, 24 May 2001, K.Feete wrote:
> >
> > > Second, I know perfectly well that America has many accomplishments to
> > > be proud of. There's women's sufferage, for example- I believe we were
> > > the first to give women the vote, which I am far more proud of than
> > > all the trinkets and moon-landings you list.
> >
> >This may be true of some US states, but women over 30 were given the right
> >to vote in Britain in 1918, while the 19th Amendment here wasn't ratified
> >until 1920.
> >
> > Julia
>
>
> From <http://www.aracnet.com/~histgaz/hgv3n5.htm>:
>
> In 1890, when Wyoming entered the Union as a state, it became the
> first woman's suffrage state. Colorado soon followed in 1893. Utah
> became the third state to join the suffragist states in 1896. Idaho
> gave women the vote the same year Utah entered the Union. The victory
> in Colorado and Idaho was won primarily by the efforts of Carrie
> Chapman Catt (founder of League of Women Voters) who taught women how
> to lobby and organize.
>
> ---Bridget E. Smith, Historical Gazette
Individual states gave the vote earlier, yes, but I thought that Kat meant
the nation as a whole. (I knew Wyoming and Utah were early adopters....)
When did New Zealand grant the vote to women, Russell?
Julia
