Pioneer Town Talks

388 S. Grand Mesa Dr,Cedaredge CO 81413

02 June, 2022

Description

History or Women's Right to Vote and how it changed the West Did you know that the people of Colorado granted women the right to vote in 1893? This was seventeen years before the 19th Amendment was passed giving the same right to all American women. Hear the story of the Colorado Women's Suffrage Movement told through the eyes of Eliza Pickrell Routt, Colorado’s first, First Lady, and an active suffragette. Presented by SCVHS Vice President, Hope Waibel. Eliza Pickrell Routt, Colorado’s first, First Lady, and an active suffragette