(by Carter Williams ksl.com 2-13-20)
One hundred and fifty years ago Friday, just two days after lawmakers made Utah the second U.S. territory to allow women to vote, Seraph Young woke up and got ready for work.
It just so happened that Salt Lake City had a municipal election that day, so Young went to her local voting center before heading off to her job as a school teacher. Her pit stop to vote gave her a spot in American history.
So who was Seraph Young and what led her to be the first woman to cast a ballot in the United States? Her place in history starts with a growing movement for women’s suffrage nationwide, which moved westward.
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https://www.ksl.com/article/46717515/the-1st-woman-in-us-history-to-cast-a-ballot-was-from-utah--heres-how-she-got-to-the-front-of-the-line
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