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The territory of Wyoming was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1869, prior to the 19th Amendment. It became a state in 1890.

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Where were first granted suffrage in the US?

The territory of Wyoming was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1869, prior to the 19th Amendment. It became a state in 1890.


What group of American citizens were granted suffrage that allowed them to vote for the first time in a presidential election in 1920?

Women was first allowed to vote in the US national election of 1920.


Did women have the right to vote under the original US Constitution?

No, it wasn't until the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1920 that women were granted suffrage.


When was the women's suffrage granted in the US?

The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was passed in 1920 in the US. Woodrow Wilson was the US President.


What describes women's suffrage for much of the first century of the US' history?

The statement that best describes women's suffrage for much of the first century was that woman in the north could vote. Before 1900 only the states west of the Mississippi River had complete women's suffrage.


What statement BEST describes women's suffrage for much of the first century of the US' history?

The statement that best describes women's suffrage for much of the first century was that woman in the north could vote. Before 1900 only the states west of the Mississippi River had complete women's suffrage.


How did the US Constitution initially decide suffrage?

Suffrage as in franchise? The right to vote? Or to be a candidate? are you referring to Women's Suffrage?


The first women's suffrage convention in the US was held in what city in New York?

Seneca Falls, NY.


When we're women allowed to vote?

Women were first allowed to vote in 1893 in New Zealand.South Australia followed a year later.Australia granted women's suffrage for federal election in 1901; all of Australia granted unlimited suffrage in 1913.Finland granted it in 1905, in time for the elections of 1906.Norway and Denmark granted women's suffrage in 1913.Canada, Germany, the CCCP and Poland all granted it during the First World War.British women over 30 were given the vote in 1918.Dutch women were given it in 1919.Those remaining US states without women's sufrage granted it in 1920; various states had granted and denied the privilege at different times since the 19th century.Most other countries allowed it in the following decades, yet in several countries they are still denied the vote (some as a matter of religion, others as a technicality).In the U.S., women were first given the right to vote in 1920, upon the passage of the 19th amendment.1920 via the 19th amendment 1920


Ninteenth Amendment to the US Constitution?

The Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution prohibited the federal government and the states from denying citizens the right to vote based on their sex, or, in other words, granted women suffrage nationwide.


How did women's suffrage impact the US?

the right to vote


What did NOT cause women's suffrage in the US to move forward?

Women rights conventions