By the end of 1914 almost every Western state and territory had enfranchised its female citizens, creating a new voting population of 4 million women: a remarkable achievement! This stands in profound contrast to the East, where few women voted until after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment (1920), and to the South, where the disfranchisement of African American men was widespread.
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Wyoming California Oregon Alaska Arizona IdahoRead more about the topic in our most recent exhibit, and in our journal, Western Legal History!
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