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| Photo courtesy of Kansas Historical Society, Lawrence, KS, circa 1911 |
I am grateful today for the right to vote.
Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote in Kansas.Women in Kansas fought for equal rights since the earliest days of statehood. They won the right to vote in municipal elections in 1887.
On Nov. 5, 1912, the Kansas amendment giving women full voting rights in state elections passed by a vote of 175,246 to 159,197. Kansas was the 8th state to do so. Two earlier attempts to pass a voting rights amendment had failed in Kansas in 1867 and 1894. However, Kansas women were allowed to vote in school elections from the start of statehood in 1861, and they were allowed to vote in municipal elections in 1887. In fact, Susanna Salter was elected mayor of Argonia in 1887, becoming the first female mayor in the nation.
Eight years after passage in KS, the 19th amendment was adopted nationally, which provided the right for women throughout the US to vote.
Women in some other parts of the world suffer the lack of many rights. So get out there and vote, EVERYONE! (If you haven't already.)
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