When did the last American state vote women's suffrage?

While seeking to amend the U.S. Constitution, the women's suffrage movement also waged a state-by-state campaign. The territory of Wyoming was the first to give women the vote in 1869. Other western states and territories followed. read more

1807: Women lose the right to vote in New Jersey, the last state to revoke the right. 1838: Kentucky passes the first statewide woman suffrage law allowing female heads of household in rural areas to vote in elections deciding on taxes and local boards for the new county “common school” system. read more

Women's suffrage in the United States of America, the legal right of women to vote, was established over the course of several decades, first in various states and localities, sometimes on a limited basis, and then nationally in 1920. read more

Illinois grants the right to vote to women, the first state east of the Mississippi to do so. 1920 On August 26, a constitutional amendment is adopted when Tennessee ratifies it, granting full woman suffrage in all states of the United States. read more