Shanna Stevenson
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Publisher
Washington State Historical Society
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
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Publisher description: This is a story about women speaking out and organizing for change. Washington women first achieved the rights to vote in the 1880s, only to have it snatched away by a court decision. It took them until 1910 to persuade Washington men to pass an amendment to the state constitution that gave women permanent voting rights. As the fifth state in the union to enact such legislation, Washington's action was pivotal in revitalizing...