USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1890, the two organizations reconciled and became the National American Woman Suffrage Association . By then, women had the right to vote in Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Colorado and Washington.

Detailed explanation-2: -June 10, 1919: Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin became the first states to ratify the amendment. “A Vote for Every Woman in 1920!” declared the National American Woman Suffrage Association after the passage of the 19th Amendment by Congress on June 4, 1919.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wyoming. On December 10, 1869, Territorial Governor John Allen Campbell signed an act of the Wyoming Territorial Legislature granting women the right to vote, the first U.S. state or territory to grant suffrage to women.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wyoming passed the first woman suffrage law on December 10, 1869, and women voted for the first time in 1870. The word suffrage comes from the Latin word suffragium, meaning the right to vote. Women in the United States had fought for suffrage since the time of Andrew Jackson’s presidency in the 1820s.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1906, the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland, which later became the Republic of Finland, was the first country in the world to give all women and all men both the right to vote and the right to run for office.