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Why Was Utah The First State for Women to Vote In?

In 1870, 50 years before the 19th Amendment was ratified, thousands of Utah women voted under equal suffrage law, a first in the nation. Leaders of the women’s suffrage movement hoped that Utah would blaze a path for the women’s suffrage and liberation. But the plan completely backfired and Utah women's vote was taken away just 17 years after it was granted.

Why Was Utah The First State for Women to Vote In?

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