Colorado Experience
Suffrage
Season 4 Episode 10 | 27m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
In 1893 Colorado became the 1st state to pass suffrage by a single issue popular vote.
On November 7, 1893, Colorado became the first state in the nation to grant women’s suffrage by a single issue popular vote, and the following year the first three female state legislators were elected. Meet the dedicated Colorado women that led this charge. Today, Colorado has the highest percentage of women in the state legislature.
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Colorado Experience is a local public television program presented by RMPBS
Colorado State Historical Fund Colorado Office of Film, Television & Media Denver Public Library History Colorado Marianne Reichert
Colorado Experience
Suffrage
Season 4 Episode 10 | 27m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
On November 7, 1893, Colorado became the first state in the nation to grant women’s suffrage by a single issue popular vote, and the following year the first three female state legislators were elected. Meet the dedicated Colorado women that led this charge. Today, Colorado has the highest percentage of women in the state legislature.
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Colorado Experience is a local public television program presented by RMPBS
Colorado State Historical Fund Colorado Office of Film, Television & Media Denver Public Library History Colorado Marianne Reichert