ELECTION DAY: Voters in new york approve an amendment to their constitution of 1894, recognizing female suffrage. This makes new york the second state east of the Mississippi River, and the twelfth state overall, to do so.
[restored 6/14/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
new york constitution of 1894, article XIX, section 1
ballotpedia.org/Article_XIX,_New_York_Constitution
References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 293.