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The first women to vote in Illinois were 15 women in Lombard, Illinois, led by Ellen A. Martin, who found a loophole in the law in 1891. Women were eventually allowed to vote for school offices in the 1890s. Women in Chicago and throughout Illinois fought for the right to vote based on the idea of no taxation without representation. They also ...
This group held annual conventions and petitioned various governmental bodies in Illinois for women's suffrage. On June 19, 1891, women gained the right to vote for school offices. However, it wasn't until 1913 that women saw expanded suffrage. That year women in Illinois were granted the right to vote for Presidential electors and various ...
Cook County Woman's Suffrage Society. [7] Decatur Women's Suffrage Club, formed in 1888. [8] Democratic Club of Chicago, formed in 1900. [6] Earlville Suffrage Association, formed in 1855. [9] Ella Flagg Young Club. [5] Illinois Equal Franchise Society. [10] Illinois Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. [11] Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs ...
19 th Amendment. Women in the U.S. won the right to vote for the first time in 1920 when Congress ratified the 19th Amendment.The fight for women’s suffrage stretched back to at least 1848, when ...
White and African American women in the Territory of Alaska earn the right to vote. [33] Women in Illinois earn the right to vote in presidential elections. [27] 1914. Nevada and Montana women earn the right to vote. [22] 1917. Women in Arkansas earn the right to vote in primary elections. [22] Women in Rhode Island earn the right to vote in ...
1890 – The first state (Wyoming) grants women the right to vote in all elections. 1900 – By this year, every state had passed legislation granting married women the right to keep their own ...
(The Center Square) – An Illinois legislator wants to know why the state of Illinois is sending voter registration forms to noncitizens. State Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, said he was ...
Netherlands (women gain the right to vote in an election, having been given the right to stand in elections in 1917) New Zealand (women gain the right to stand for election into parliament; right to vote for Members of Parliament since 1893) New Brunswick (Canadian province) (limited to voting. Women's right to stand for office protected in 1934)