Utah women were the first in the nation to vote. Their voting rights were under constant threat, however, from people who weren't happy that polygamy persisted in Utah, or who felt that voting was degrading to women. Host Dianna Douglas shares some of their petitions to Congress, articles from Utah’s suffrage newspaper, and their reactions to Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton speaking in the tabernacle.
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January 20th, 2020, 05:54 am
Zion's Suffragists
A Woman’s Rights Woman
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Published January 20th, 2020, 05:54 am
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Utah women were the first in the nation to vote. Their voting rights were under constant threat, however, from people who weren't happy that polygamy persisted in Utah, or who felt that voting was degrading to women. Host Dianna Douglas shares some of their petitions to Congress, articles from Utah’s suffrage newspaper, and their reactions to Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton speaking in the tabernacle.
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Zion's Suffragists
Women in Utah started voting way back in 1870 as part of a grassroots uprising that was both unique and radical. The story of how Utah women became the first to vote in America begins with polygamy and ends long after the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteed American women the freedom to vote. Host Dianna Douglas narrates a long-forgotten history.
