An original version of the resolution that led Utah to ratify the 19th Amendment 100 years ago, supporting suffrage for women nationwide, will be on display at the Utah Capitol from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Four female legislators — Sen. Elizabeth Hayward, who sponsored the resolution, and Reps. Delora Blakely, Grace Stratton Airey and Anna Piercey, who presided over the House during the vote — led the efforts. Gov. Simon Bamberger signed the resolution on Oct. 3, 1919. (Utah women had regained voting rights with statehood in 1896, after previously voting from 1870 to 1887 in Utah Territory.)
Sen. Deidre Henderson and Rep. Karen Kwan will recognize members of Hayward’s and Bamberger’s families at 4 p.m. Wednesday on the Senate floor. For more about Hayward’s life and her descendants: This Utah woman proposed the resolution that led the state to ratify suffrage
