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Historian Ronald Schaffer has noted the women's suffrage movement in California "is a story of slow building and initial defeat." [2] Starting the 1860s, a small number of activists began mobilizing for women's suffrage in this western state.
The California legislature passed a bill extending suffrage to women. However, this was not a bill granting suffrage entirely to women; it was only for voting in school elections, not municipal elections. This bill was vetoed by Governor Henry Markham. [8] 1894: As a result of political pressure the California Republican Party endorsed women's ...
An earlier attempt to enfranchise women had been rejected by California voters in 1896, [2] but in 1911 California became the sixth U.S. state to adopt the reform. [3] Nine years later in 1920, women's suffrage was constitutionally recognized at the federal level by the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This amendment prohibited ...
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Washington state restores women's right to vote through the state constitution. [26] 1911. California women earn the right to vote following the passage of California Proposition 4. [27] 1912. Women in Arizona and Kansas earn the right to vote. [27] Women in Oregon earn the right to vote. [13] 1913
This is a list of notable California suffragists who were politically active before and during the successful Proposition 4 in 1911 which gave women won the right to vote. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
California: The Southern Pacific Railroad rejected Leah Rosenfeld's claims for promotion, citing the California state law that barred women from performing the duties of station agents. On August 30, 1968, she filed suit against the State of California, the Southern Pacific Railroad, and her union, then known as the Transportation ...
Katherine became the active leader in the Women's Suffrage Movements while residing in Antelope Valley. [3] Katherine and her husband eventually decided to move to Los Angeles, California where she joined the Friday Morning Club in the year 1900. The Friday Morning club was a women's club founded by Caroline M. Severance. This club had over ...