This obviously did not include former slaves. 1874 People in favor of women's rights argued before the Supreme Court that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. The Supreme Court denied their claim saying that being a citizen does not automatically give a person the right to vote and that it was not unconstitutional for states to deny the vote to women. Wyoming joins the Union as the first state with voting rights for women.
Women have full voting rights in Utah, Colorado and Idaho.
Washington grants the vote to women. California grants the vote to women. 1912 Voting referendums giving women the right to vote are passed in Arizona, Kansas and Oregon. Montana and Nevada grant voting rights to women. 1915 Restrictive voting laws that were enacted by state governments were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, over forty-five years after the 15th Amendment had been passed.