How woman in some parts of the west differed from women on the east coast in the late 1800s

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Lorelei Murillo

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16 September, 02:30

How woman in some parts of the west differed from women on the east coast in the late 1800s

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Lucille Fitzgerald · Answer 1

women in the west enjoyed their right to suffrage, but women who live in the East did not

Patricia Wade · Answer 2

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Women in some parts of the west differed from women on the east coast in the late 1800s in that the women from the west had the right to suffrage and could vote on elections.

Believe or not, but there was one place in the west where women had the right to suffrage before the passing of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Guess where?

The place: Wyoming. It was a man called William Bright, a politician from the territory of Wyoming (it was not a state yet) who, in 1869, introduced a bill in the upper house of the territory that allowed women of 21 years old and more, the right to vote.