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Breezy34 t1_j31xg3y wrote

Lol where is everybody? And WTF is the point of the post?

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C4pt41n t1_j32m5tg wrote

I think it's interesting the (partial) reason that many of these western states had: If we treat woman as equally as all humans, they'll want to live here.

Why was that such a novel idea?

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Teddeler t1_j34xi6o wrote

Ummm... as a Utahn I hate to correct you but Utah was made a state in 1896. Women did have the right to vote in the territory of Deseret from 1870 but that right was removed by congress in 1887. It was restored when Deseret became the state of Utah. It was written into the state constitution. So they missed the election of 1892.

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NimishApte t1_j35ahk2 wrote

Replying to C4pt41n (#1,288,460)

Another reason was that living out in the wilderness of the West was quite difficult and everyone had to work for the community and that included women. There was no time for gender norms as survival takes precedence. This led to women doing lots of work and being seen as men's equals.

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jirfin t1_j35dzvi wrote

Many of these states biggest cities were brothel towns that were left after the hell on wheels. Leading to many of their founders and philanthropists being women who owned or use to own brothels: https://youtu.be/fMycRBIXTWk

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Norumbega-GameMaster t1_j35e2j3 wrote

To a large extent voting laws were based off land ownership. The man voted because the land was in his name, but it was viewed as the vote of the family.

In the west , more than most other places, you had many single women who owned land and ran businesses. It just made sense that these women, as land owners, should vote.

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C4pt41n t1_j3m24vo wrote

Replying to jupitaur9 (#1,289,667)

Sorry, I was being pithy, but obviously political decisions have as many reasons as people that support those decisions. I'm sure including women would increase the representatives in the House, even if they are a minority within your population.

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