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Ratification of the 19th Amendment: Timeline and Story Map
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Kansas was the first state to hold a referendum on women voting in 1867, but the idea was defeated. Afterwards, the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association formed to gain the vote in local elections. Twenty years later (1887), Kansas women gained the ability to vote in local elections and elected the first female mayor in the U.S., Susanna Salter. Kansas approved the Equal Suffrage Amendment to the state constitution in 1912, becoming the 8th state to grant suffrage to women. The state voted to ratify the 19th Amendment on June 16, 1919. 


"Delegates to the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association" in 1916 (Kansas Historical Society)

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"Kansas and the 19th Amendment." National Park Service. August 9, 2019. Accessed June 28, 2021. https://www.nps.gov/articles/kansas-and-the-19th-amendment.htm.

"Women's Suffrage." kansapedia. Kansas Historical Society. July 2017. Accessed June 28, 2021. https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/women-s-suffrage/14524.

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"Women's Suffrage." kansapedia. Kansas Historical Society. July 2017. Accessed June 28, 2021. https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/women-s-suffrage/14524.