1848—Women's Rights Convention, Seneca Falls, New York.

1869—Wyoming territorial legislature approves equal suffrage.

1876—Colorado State Constitutional Convention defeats woman suffrage except school           elections; allows public referendum to decide issue of full suffrage.

1876—Colorado Woman Suffrage Association founded.

1877—First statewide suffrage referendum ends in defeat.

1879—Carolyn Churchill publishes state's first women's newspaper, Colorado Antelope,           later Queen Bee.

1881—First Colorado woman runs for office (Mrs. L E. McCarthy, State Superintendent of           Schools).

1890—Newswoman Ellis Meredith reorganizes Colorado Equal Suffrage Association.

1892—Pro-suffrage Populist Davis Waite elected governor.

1893—Colorado state legislature approves new suffrage referendum (January)

1893—National and local coalition launches massive campaign to win votes for suffrage in           statewide referendum.

1893—First woman elected to Denver School Board ( lone Hanna).

1893—Male voters approve full suffrage for Colorado Women, Nov. 7, 1893.

1894—First woman votes full ballot in Colorado (Mrs. John L. Routt).

1895—First female state legislators in U. S. take office in Colorado (Clara Cressingham,           Frances Klock, Carrie C. Holly).

1920—19th Amendment to U.S. Constitution grants full suffrage to female citizens except           Native Americans.

 

          Also see the following articles:

          • Womens Suffrage in Colorado
          • Women in Business—Jennie Adair
          • Working Women in Aspen—1879–1900
          • Women in Health & the Environment—Elizabeth Callahan
          • Women in Ranching—Kate Lindvi