Vermont
This Day in History: Vermont women given right to vote
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – On this day in 1921, the Vermont legislature ratified the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote.
It was ratified six months after the amendment became the law of the land federally, and three months after women in other states voted in their first election. Vermont could have been the state that put the ratification over the top in 1920, but Governor Percival, a staunch opponent of women’s suffrage, refused to call a special session of the legislature.
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