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Zion's Suffragists

Women in Utah started voting way back in 1870 as part of a grassroots uprising that was both unique and radical. The story of how Utah women became the first to vote in America begins with polygamy an... Read more

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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It Is Our Duty to Vote, Sisters

It Is Our Duty to Vote, Sisters

Utah women gave a collective shrug when they first heard of a movement in New York to let women vote. But when the feder... Read more

13 Jan 2020

21mins

Ranked #2

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No Sacrifice is Too Great

No Sacrifice is Too Great

Utah women joined forces with a young suffragist named Alice Paul and jumpstarted the drive for suffrage with some spect... Read more

10 Feb 2020

18mins

Ranked #3

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She is the Better Man

She is the Better Man

A state senate race for the ages: a young doctor named Martha Hughes Cannon runs in a crowded field to join the very fir... Read more

3 Feb 2020

18mins

Ranked #4

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Woman Will Be Restored

Woman Will Be Restored

Going into the World’s Fair in Chicago in 1893, Utah women were fighting against the stereotypes of polygamous country b... Read more

27 Jan 2020

20mins

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Ranked #5

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A Woman’s Rights Woman

A Woman’s Rights Woman

Utah women were the first in the nation to vote. Their voting rights were under constant threat, however, from people wh... Read more

20 Jan 2020

19mins

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