Timeline of women's suffrage in Alaska

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"Here and in London" Alaska women's suffrage, c. 1913 published in the Tacoma Daily Ledger "Here and in London" Alaska women's suffrage, c. 1913 published in the Tacoma Daily Ledger.png
"Here and in London" Alaska women's suffrage, c. 1913 published in the Tacoma Daily Ledger

This is a timeline of women's suffrage in Alaska. Non-native women in Alaska had the right to vote in school board elections starting in 1904. In 1913, the first Territorial Legislature passed the Shoup Suffrage Bill which gave non-native women the right to vote in all elections. Alaska Native women had a longer road fighting for their right to vote. First, they had to be declared citizens of the United States, but even after that happened in 1924, additional barriers were put in place. These included literacy tests and segregation. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 helped remove many barriers that Alaska Natives faced in exercising their right to vote.

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20th century

Alfred Shoup, Conrad Freeding, W.W. Shorthill watch Governor Walter E. Clark sign House Bill 2, giving white Alaska women the right to vote Alfred Shoup, Conrad Freeding, W.W. Shorthill watch Governor Walter E. Clark sign House Bill 2, giving Alaska women the right to vote.jpg
Alfred Shoup, Conrad Freeding, W.W. Shorthill watch Governor Walter E. Clark sign House Bill 2, giving white Alaska women the right to vote

1900s

1904

1910s

1912

1913

1915

1920s

1924

1925

1940s

1943

1945

1950s

1950

1959

1960s

1965

1967

1970s

1970

1975

See also

References

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  2. Christen 2019, p. 90.
  3. 1 2 Harper 1922, p. 713.
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  6. 1 2 Sostaric, Katarina (October 12, 2015). "Alaska Native Sisterhood celebrates 100th anniversary in Wrangell". KTOO. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  7. "Shoup Woman Suffrage Bill: House Bill No. 2, March 21, 1913". Alaska's Digital Archives. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
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  11. Cole 1992, p. 433.
  12. 1 2 3 Carney, Amy. "Alaska's Suffrage Star: Home". Alaska Libraries, Archives, Museums. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  13. Cole 1992, p. 449.
  14. 1 2 Christen 2019, p. 98.
  15. Tucker, Landreth & Lynch 2017, p. 336.

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