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English
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“For the Advancement and Betterment of Humanity”: The Fight for Women’s Suffrage at Utah’s Constitutional Convention
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Utah Historical Quarterly
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April 2023
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91
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Utah State Historical Society
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153-159
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This article describes women suffragists' efforts to secure their right to vote during Utah's state constitutional convention in 1895.
Note from the article: Elsie Grow researched and wrote this paper as a high school student participating in Utah’s National History Day® (NHD Utah) program in 2020–2021. Through NHD Utah, students develop research and historical thinking skills through active learning. Grow was a senior division state winner, a member of Utah’s national delegation, and a recipient of the Glen and Caroline Miner Prize in Utah History for this essay. Katherine Kitterman worked with her to prepare this article for publication. NHD Utah is a program of the Utah Division of State History.