Show WOMEN WOKEN SUFFRAGE SUFFICE ENACTED IN UTAH FIFTY YEARS AGO while most moat of the eastern and southern states and oven even our national congress has had the question of woman suffrage before them and all in nil the interest in this matter was never at a higher pitch throughout though out tile the whole country than today we are reminded of the fact that on the of february this year utah will celebrate her half century of woman suffrage fifty years ago the following a act et was passed by the iho nineteenth annual session of the legislative 1 assembly of tile the territory of utah granting suffrage to the women within the then territory AN AUT ACT conferring upon women tho the elective franchise approved february 12 1870 see sec 1 bo be it enacted by the governor and legislative assembly of the territory of utah that every woman of tile the ago age of twenty one years who has resided in this territory six months next preceding any general or special election born or naturalized in the united states or who is the wife widow or the daughter of a native born or naturalized citizen of the united states shall bo be entitled to vote at any election iti in this thia territory see sec 2 all laws or part of laws conflicting with this actave act aro hereby repealed |