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Happy Women's Equality Day! 
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/
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/
Big thanks to historian John Sillito for teaching me about this story.
I've had so much fun talking to researchers and experts for our suffrage stories this year.
I've had so much fun talking to researchers and experts for our suffrage stories this year.
Also, some info about Women's Equality Day:
Tennessee became the 36th and final state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment on Aug. 18, 2020.
But it wasn't until Aug. 26, 2020, that the U.S. secretary of state certified the amendment, officially making it law.
Tennessee became the 36th and final state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment on Aug. 18, 2020.
But it wasn't until Aug. 26, 2020, that the U.S. secretary of state certified the amendment, officially making it law.
It's important to remember, though, that the 19th Amendment mainly benefited white women, as many women of color weren'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/
More on that here: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/08/16/suffrage-celebrations/
And if you want to learn more about how Utah came to ratify the 19th Amendment in 1919, we'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/
Spoiler: A female lawmaker named Elizabeth Hayward led the way. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/08/26/this-utah-woman-proposed/
If you want to learn even more about this history, check out this thread, which includes links to all the suffrage stories I've written for The Salt Lake Tribune over the last year.
Happy reading! https://twitter.com/ruthyjacobs/status/1295483701724291072?s=20
Happy reading! https://twitter.com/ruthyjacobs/status/1295483701724291072?s=20
