Women -- Employment -- United States; Women -- Social and moral questions
WISCONSIN—Every woman who is a citizen of this State of the age of
twenty-one years or upward (except those excluded by Sec. 2, Art. 3, of
the Wisconsin constitution) who has resided within the State one year,
and in the election district where she offers to vote, ten days next
preceding any election pertaining to school matters, shall have a right
to vote at such elections. Every woman of twenty-one years of age and
upwards may be elected or appointed as director, treasurer, or clerk of
a school district, director or secretary of a town board, under the
township system, member of a board of education in cities, or county
superintendent. [Sch. Law, 1885.]
ARIZONA TY.—The territorial law provides that no person shall be denied
the right to vote at any school district election or to hold any school
district office on account of sex. [Biennial Report, 1883–84.]
* DAKOTA TY.—In all elections held under the provisions of this act, all
persons who are qualified electors under the general laws of the
Territory, and all women of twenty-one years and over, having the
necessary qualifications as to citizenship and residence required by the
general laws, and who have children of school age under their care or
control, are qualified voters. Women having the requisite qualifications
are eligible to the office of school director, judge or clerk of
election, township clerk, or county superintendent of public schools.
[Sch. Law, 1887.]
IDAHO—The right of citizens of any school district to vote at any school
election, or upon any school matter, or for county superintendent, or to
hold office as school trustee or county superintendent, shall not be
denied or abridged on account of sex. [Sch. Law, 1885.]
* MONTANA—Every person, without regard to sex, over twenty-one years of
age, resident of a school district, and a taxable inhabitant, is
entitled to vote at the annual school meeting for the election of
trustees. All persons otherwise qualified are eligible to the office of
county superintendent of common schools without regard to sex. [Sch.
Law, 1887.]
WASHINGTON—Women over the age of twenty-one years, resident of the
school district for three months immediately preceding any district
meeting, and liable to taxation, are legal voters at any school meeting.
They are also eligible to hold or be elected to any school office. [Sch.
Laws, 1885–86.]
WYOMING—Every woman of the age of twenty-one years, residing in the
Territory, may, at every election to be holden under the laws thereof,
cast her vote, and her rights to the elective franchise and to hold
office shall be the same under the election laws of the Territory as
those of electors. [Revised Statutes, 1887.]
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