Equal suffrage waves cross states fueling 49 percent of US area
The article argues that enfranchising women spreads naturally from state to state. It lists contiguous states adopting suffrage from Wyoming to California and notes nine more states joining since 1915. It highlights campaigns in Massachusetts New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and others with upcoming votes. The area under equal suffrage now covers about 1 738 040 square miles or 49 percent of the nation.
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United States
Contiguous States
Wyoming
Colorado
Idaho
Utah
Washington
California
Oregon
Kansas
Arizona
Montana
Nevada
West Virginia
Onward March of Progress
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Lews
Arkansas
Tennessee
South Dakota
Big Victory for Suffrage in West Virginia Legislature
The West Virginia Legislature almost unanimously approved submitting a women's suffrage amendment to voters in 1916, a dramatic shift from 14 years earlier. Activists vow continued effort, asserting women are equal in knowledge and responsibility, and urging citizens to back the measure at the polls.
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Senate
House
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