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Timeline
| 1870- |
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Utah Territorial Legislature approves full suffrage, enfranchising 17,179 female voters.
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| 1873- |
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Congress passes Edmunds Act, disenfranchising U.S. citizens in plural marriages.
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| 1887- |
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Congress passes Edmunds-Tucker Act, disenfranchising all Utah women.
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| 1889- |
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1889 Utah Woman Suffrage Association formed.
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| 1890- |
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1890 Mormon Church issues manifesto, officially abandoning polygamous marriage.
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| 1891- |
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1891 Rocky Mountain Suffrage Conference held in Salt Lake City. Male voters approve full women's suffrage by large majority.
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| 1896- |
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1896 Utah statehood approved by Congress. Utah becomes third suffrage state in the United States. |
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Rocky Mountain Suffrage Conference, May 1895.
Used by permission, Utah State Historical Society, all rights reserved
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