Episode 3 of 3
General Election Voting
- When
- August 1, 1870
- Where
- Utah Territory (territory-wide)
Thousands of Utah women cast ballots in the general election on August 1, 1870, after voting in municipal elections that spring.
Other Utah women voted in municipal elections that spring, and thousands of Utah women cast ballots in the general election on August 1, 1870. Because Utah held two elections before Wyoming, Utah women were the first women to cast ballots in the United States after the start of the suffrage movement. The passage does not specify a particular city for the territory-wide general election.
Sources
- Women's suffrage in Utah Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-09
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