It was Women's Equality Day on Wednesday, which reminded me that women had the right to vote in Utah before it was national. It was granted first in 1870 by the territorial legislature but revoked by Congress in 1887 as part of a national effort to rid the territory of polygamy. Read more info here. Martha Hughes Cannon was the first women elected to office in Utah during the time when women lost the vote (she actually beat her polygamist husband in the election).
So now I want to find which of my Great-Grandmothers were able to vote both times, although I don't know if they actually voted. I only listed those who were alive and living in the USA after 1870.
‡1920 ᴥ1870
1st Great-Grandmothers
‡Eleanor Elizabeth Excell Riding 1880-1950
‡Clara Minerva Riddle Heaps 1889-1984
‡Amy Clarissa Neel Spackman 1896-1975
‡Madora Laverna Rogerson Jensen 1883-1963
2nd Great-Grandmothers
‡ᴥMary Ellen Eardley Riding 1859-1943
‡ᴥElizabeth Austen Button Excell 1856-1936
‡ᴥBeatrice Twitchell Heaps 1864-1939
‡ᴥClara Maria Berry Riddle 1867-1940
‡ᴥElsie Marie Andersen Jensen 1854-1934
‡ᴥSarah Jane Perkins Rogerson 1861-1936
Sarah Jane also held office. She was the county clerk for 15 years and also the Monticello town clerk. When she died the San Juan Record wrote she was a prominent lady.
ᴥAxie Matilda Bohman Spackman 1867-1920
‡Cora Caroline Walker Neel 1875-1925
3rd Great-Grandmothers
ᴥMary Ann Hale Riding 1816-1875
ᴥAnn Cross Eardley 1826-1904
ᴥEleanor (Ellen) Swan Excell 1840-1896
‡ᴥSusannah Goldthorpe Heaps 1835-1922
‡ᴥVesta Lucetta Bishop Twitchell 1843-1924
ᴥMary Ann Levi Riddle 1835-1872
ᴥElizabeth Cherrington Berry 1846-1887
ᴥ(Kristin) Marie Jensdatter Jensen 1801-1874
ᴥMary Harrison Farren Rogerson 1804-1888
ᴥJane Benson Perkins 1824-1900
ᴥSarah Ann Criddle Spackman 1841-1911
ᴥChristina Elizabeth Mattson Bohman 1830-1896
‡ᴥEllen Christina Stevens Neel 1851-1927
ᴥCharlotte Wright Walker 1846-1898
4th Great-Grandmothers
ᴥEliza Ann Pratt Bishop 1819-1895
ᴥElizabeth Wilson Stewart Riddle 1803-1878
ᴥJulia Ann Carroll Levi 1809-1887
ᴥSarah Belcher Cherrington 1823-1900
ᴥMary Ann Bull Criddle 1813-1894
ᴥMaria Christina Gavert Bohman 1808-1889
ᴥClemency Litten Casper Neel 1816-1892
ᴥEmma Crowden Stevens 1823-1900
ᴥMaria Antoinette Swallow Walker 1816-1889
ᴥElizabeth Barrett Wright 1827-1895
Since most of my ancestors come from England I looked up when women could vote there. In 1918, women over the age of 30 who met minimum property qualifications were allowed to vote and be elected into Parliament. Then in 1928, voting was extended to all women over the age of 21.
I also have family in Canada. The Spackman and Neel families left Utah around ±1900 for Canada. In Canada most women had the vote by 1918.
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