Ruth May Fox, Forgotten Suffragist

Linda Thatcher History Blazer, October 1995 In Utah’s history there have been many important women of whom little has been written; one such person is Ruth May Fox. Besides raising 12 children, she was active in the Utah Woman’s Press Club (president), the Reaper’s Club, the Utah Woman Suffrage Association (treasurer), the Salt Lake County Republican Committee, the Second Precinct …

Woman Suffrage Dominated Politics in Utah

Yvette D. Ison History Blazer January 1995 The debate over woman suffrage dominated politics in Utah throughout the 1890s. Though the issue was raging throughout the United States, Utah’s historic background created unique concerns and attitudes towards the debate. Unlike other states and territories, Utah had legalized woman suffrage with territorial legislation in 1870. When Congress passed the Edmunds-Tucker Act …

Women’s Suffrage in Utah

Jean Bickmore White Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994 Women’s Suffrage—the right of women to vote—was won twice in Utah. It was granted first in 1870 by the territorial legislature but revoked by Congress in 1887 as part of a national effort to rid the territory of polygamy. It was restored in 1895, when the right to vote and hold office was …