FEMALE ARGUMENTS: AN EXAMINATION OF THE UTAH WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE DEBATES OF 1880 AND 1895 AS REPRESENTED IN OPPOSING UTAH WOMEN’S NEWSPAPERS

Authors

Janika Isakson, Brigham Young University

Keywords

female arguments, Utah, woman's suffrage, Utah women's newspapers

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Communications

Abstract

The fight for woman’s suffrage in the Utah Territory, where many citizens supported the practice of polygamy, was full of contradictions from the very beginning. Following the Civil War, various groups, including Congress in 1868, proposed woman’s suffrage as a possible solution for terminating polygamy in Utah.1 Following Wyoming’s lead in giving women the right to vote in 1869, the Utah Territorial government in 1871, with the support ofLDS Church President Brigham Young, also gave Utah women the right to vote.’ Brigham Young advised, “Now, sisters, I want you to vote also because women are the characters that rule the ballot box.”‘

Recommended Citation

Isakson, Janika (2014) "FEMALE ARGUMENTS: AN EXAMINATION OF THE UTAH WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE DEBATES OF 1880 AND 1895 AS REPRESENTED IN OPPOSING UTAH WOMEN’S NEWSPAPERS," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 471.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/471