wow, my second ever posting today! :-)
various bits snipped out below ...
New Zealand granted the vote to women in 1893
Australia (at a federal level) was in 1902 (1 year after Aust. gained
independence btw)
although the state of South Australia granted the vote in 1894, while Victoria
dithered until 1908 (despite having Australias strongest sufferage movement!)
btw, i'm sure i've read somewhere that Utah granted the vote to women in the
1860's, only to take it away again a couple of decades later ... so would that
qualify as a first at a state level, if it is true, i wonder ...
Julia Thompson wrote:
> 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:
> > >
>
> > >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.
> > >
> >
> > 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
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