Happy Women& #39;s Equality Day! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥳" title="Partying face" aria-label="Emoji: Partying face">
To celebrate, I wrote about a fun, forgotten piece of Utah history.
On Election Day 1920, a Utah woman became the first mother in U.S. history to vote for her son to become president.
Story via @sltrib & @Report4America https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/08/26/utah-mother-was-first/">https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020...

Big thanks to historian John Sillito for teaching me about this story.
I& #39;ve had so much fun talking to researchers and experts for our suffrage stories this year. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗳️" title="Wahlurne mit Stimmzettel" aria-label="Emoji: Wahlurne mit Stimmzettel">

Also, some info about Women& #39;s Equality Day:
Tennessee became the 36th and final state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment on Aug. 18, 2020.
But it wasn& #39;t until Aug. 26, 2020, that the U.S. secretary of state certified the amendment, officially making it law.

It& #39;s important to remember, though, that the 19th Amendment mainly benefited white women, as many women of color weren& #39;t even considered citizens at the time. Their fight for equal voting rights continued for decades after 1920.
More on that here: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/08/16/suffrage-celebrations/">https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020...

And if you want to learn more about how Utah came to ratify the 19th Amendment in 1919, we& #39;ve got you covered.
Spoiler: A female lawmaker named Elizabeth Hayward led the way. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/08/26/this-utah-woman-proposed/">https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019...

If you want to learn even more about this history, check out this thread, which includes links to all the suffrage stories I& #39;ve written for The Salt Lake Tribune over the last year.
Happy reading! https://twitter.com/ruthyjacobs/status/1295483701724291072?s=20">https://twitter.com/ruthyjaco...