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8/18/2020

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The Women's Legislative Network of NCSL is excited to announce our celebration of the ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, known as the Suffrage Amendment State History (SASH) Campaign!

NCSL Events and Resources

The Women’s Network is proud to celebrate all the women who have contributed to American democracy in so many significant ways. An event exploring the past, present and future as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment and women’s constitutional right to vote was held by the Network on Aug. 11, 2020.

Aug. 18, 2020, marks the 100th anniversary affirming that the right to vote shall not be denied on the basis of sex. The Women's Network is proud to celebrate all the women who have contributed to American democracy in so many significant ways.

Biulding Democracy: The Story of Legislayures-An NCSL Podcast | Episode 4 - Women's Suffrage in Western States and Territories

In this installment of NCSL’s six-episode podcast series, “Building Democracy: The Story of Legislatures,” we travel west to see how women fought and won their right to vote, as well as how they shaped state legislatures and life on the frontier well before the ratification of the 19th Amendment.

Fun fact: The first women to serve in a state legislature were Clara Cressingham, Carrie Holly and Frances Klock, all from Colorado. They were elected in 1894, the year after Colorado passed legislation allowing women to vote but a full 26 years before women could vote nationally.

Bookmark this page for lots of interesting #NCSLsash facts and information about suffragists from your state. NCSL's goal for this campaign is to make sure each state's history is represented and celebrated in recognition of this historic occasion.

We want to hear from you! Please contact us to share your state's story and the women who helped shape it. We are here to help: We can create press packets, gather information about the first women elected in your state or district and use our social media to share information about celebrations and events in your state. This is YOUR history: Please tell us what you'd like to see!

Check out NCSL's election newsletter, The Canvass, for more about suffrage history and state elections.

In the words of Dolly Parton, who appeared at the 2019 Legislative Summit in Nashville:

We've carried signs, we've cussed at times,
Marched up and down the streets.
We had to fight for women's rights,
Wore blisters on our feet.
We got tired of seein' all our dreams go up in smoke,
Burdens more than we could tote
Having lies crammed down our throats.
But that ol' dam finally broke
When women finally got the right to vote."

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June 4, 2019 marked the 100-year anniversary of the U.S. Senate passing the 19^th Amendment, which guaranteed that the right to vote shall not be denied on the basis of sex. The constitutional amendment was then sent to the states to be ratified, 36 of whom needed to ratify for it to become enshrined in the constitution. It would take until August 1920 for the amendment to be fully ratified, but much of the struggle began over 150 years earlier. In July 1848, a convention was called to discuss “the social, civil, and religious condition of woman” in the small village of Seneca Falls, N.Y. This convention attracted national attention and, along with the Declaration of Sentiments released after the meeting, is seen as the launching point of the national women’s suffrage movement in the United States.

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Alabama

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Harriet Hooker Wilkins, 1923
- Senate: Senator Ann Bedsole, Senator Frances Strong, 1983
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Alabama belatedly ratified the amendment in 1953
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 15.7%
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Alaska

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Nell Scott, 1936 (territorial legislature)
- House: Representative Helen Fischer, Representative Blanche McSmith, Representative Dora Sweeny, 1959 (state legislature)
- Senate: Senator Anita Garnick, 1949 (territorial legislature)
- Senate: Senator Irene Ryan, 1959 (state legislature)
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: As Alaska was not a state at the time its legislature could not vote on the ratification of the 19th amendment. The Alaska territory extended voting rights to white women in 1913. Indigenous women were excluded.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 38.3%
More information
- National Park Service: Alaska and the 19th Amendment

Arizona

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Rachel Emma Allen Berry, 1915
- Senate: Senator Frances Willard Munds, 1915
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Arizona passed a state referendum for women's suffrage in 1912. Arizona ratified the 19th Amendment on February 12, 1920.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 38.9%
More information
- Arizona State Library Resources on Women's Suffrage
- National Park Service: Arizona and the 19th Amendment

Arkansas

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Erle Chambers, 1923, Representative Frances Matthew Jones Hunt, 1922
- Senate: Senator Dorathy Allen, 1964
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Arkansas ratified the 19th Amendment on July 28, 1919
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 23.7%
More information
- National Park Service: Arkansas and the 19th Amendment
- Arkansas Women's Suffrage Centennial

California

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- Assembly: Assemblywoman Esto Broughton, Assemblywoman Grace Dorris, Assemblywoman Elizabeth Hughes, Assemblywoman Anna Saylor, 1919.
- Senate: Senator Rose Ann Vuich, 1977
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: California passed a state referendum for women's suffrage in 1911. California ratified the 19th Amendment on November 1, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 30.8%
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Colorado

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Clara Cressingham, Representative Carrie Clyde Holly, Representative Frances Klock, 1895.
- Senate: Senator Helen Ring Robinson, 1913.
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Colorado passed a state referendum for women's suffrage in 1893. Colorado ratified the 19th Amendment on December 15, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 47%
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Connecticut

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Emily Sophie Brown, Representative Grace Edwards, Representative Lillian Frink, Representative Mary Hooker, Representative Helen Jewett, 1921.
- Senate: Senator Alice Merritt, 1925
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Connecticut ratified the 19th Amendment on September 14, 1920.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 33.2%
More information
- National Park Service: Connecticut and the 19th Amendment
- Connecticut Suffrage Centennial

Delaware

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Florence Hanby, 1925
- Senate: Senator Vera Davis, 1947
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Delaware belatedly ratified the 19th Amendment on March 6, 1923
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 24.2%
More information
- National Park Service: Delaware and the 19th Amendment
- Delaware Resolution Recognizing the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment

Florida

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Edna Giles Fuller, 1929
- Senate: Senator Beth Johnson, 1963
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Florida belatedly ratified the 19th Amendment on May 13, 1969
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 30.0%
More information
- National Park Service: Florida and the 19th Amendment
- Florida 2020 Centennial

Georgia

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Bessie Kempton, Representative Viola Ross Napier, 1923
- Senate: Senator Margaret Johnson, 1925
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Georgia belatedly ratified the 19th Amendment on February 20, 1970
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 30.5%
More information
- National Park Service: Georgia and the 19th Amendment
- Atlanta History Museum: Any Great Change, The Centennial of the 19th Amendment

Hawaii

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Rosalie Keliinoi, 1925 (territorial legislature)
- House: Representative Dorothy Devereux, Representative Eureka Forbes, 1959 (state legislature)
- Senate: Senator Elsie Wilcox, 1933 (territorial legislature)
- Senate: Senator Patsy Mink, 1963 (state legislature)
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: As Hawaii was not a state at the time its legislature could not vote on the ratification of the 19th amendment.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 31.6%
More information
- National Park Service: Hawaii and the 19th Amendment

Idaho

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Clara Campbell, Representative Hattie Noble, Representative Mary Wright, 1899.
- Senate: Senator Margaret Bognet Pike, 1935
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Idaho passed a state referendum for women's suffrage in 1896. Idaho ratified the 19th Amendment on February 11, 1920.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 31.4%
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Illinois

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Lottie Holman O'Neill, 1923
- Senate: Senator Florence Fifer Bohrer, 1925
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Illinois passed legislation recognizing women's suffrage (limited to certain offices) in 1913. Illinois ratified the 19th Amendment on June 17, 1919
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 35.6%
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Indiana

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Julia Reynolds Nelson, 1921
- Senate: Senator Arcada Balz, 1943
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Indiana ratified the 19th Amendment on January 16, 1920
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 24.0%
More information
- National Park Service: Indiana and the 19th Amendment
- Indiana Suffrage 100

Iowa

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Carolyn Campbell Pendray, 1929
- Senate: Senator Carolyn Campbell Pendray, 1933
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Iowa ratified the 19th Amendment on July 2, 1919
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 29.3%
More information
- National Park Service: Iowa and the 19th Amendment
- Iowa 19th Amendment Commemoration

Kansas

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Minnie Tamar Johnson Grinstead, 1919
- Senate: Senator Patricia Solander, 1929
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Kansas passed a state referendum for women's suffrage in 1912. Kansas ratified the 19th Amendment on June 16, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 27.9%
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Kentucky

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Mary Elliott Flanery, 1922
- Senate: Senator Carolyn Moore, 1950
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Limited groups of women in Kentucky were granted school suffrage from 1838 until 1902, and again in 1912. Kentucky ratified the 19th Amendment on January 6, 1920.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 22.5%
More information
- National Park Service: Kentucky and the 19th Amendment
- Kentucky Woman Suffrage Project

Louisiana

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Doris Lindsey Holland, Representative Beatrice Hawthorne Moore, 1940
- Senate: Senator Doris Lindsey Holland, 1936
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Louisiana belatedly ratified the 19th Amendment on June 11, 1970.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 16.0%
More information
- National Park Service: Louisiana and the 19th Amendment

Maine

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Dora Pinkham, 1923
- Senate: Senator Katharine Allen, Senator Dora Pinkham, 1927
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Maine ratified the 19th Amendment on November 5, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 38.7%
More information
- National Park Service: Maine and the 19th Amendment
- Maine Suffrage Centennial

Maryland

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Delegate Mary Risteau, 1922
- Senate: Senator Mary Risteau, 1935
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Maryland belatedly ratified the 19th Amendment on March 26, 1941.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 38.8%
More information
- National Park Service: Maryland and the 19th Amendment
- Maryland 19th Amendment Commission

Massachusetts

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Sylvia Donaldson, Representative Susan Fitzgerald, 1923
- Senate: Senator Sybil Holmes, 1937
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Massachusetts ratified the 19th Amendment on June 25, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 28.5%
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Michigan

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Cora Belle Reynolds Anderson, 1925
- Senate: Senator Eva McCall Hamilton, 1921
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Michigan extended suffrage to women with a state constitutional amendment in 1918. Michigan ratified the 19th Amendment on June 10, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 35.8%
More information
- National Park Service: Michigan and the 19th Amendment

Minnesota

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Myrtle Cain, Representative Sue Metzger Dickey Hough, Representative Hannah Jensen Kempfer, Representative Mabeth Hurd Paige, 1923
- Senate: Senator Laura Johnson Naplin, 1927
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Minnesota ratified the 19th Amendment on September 8, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 31.8%
More information
- National Park Service: Minnesota and the 19th Amendment
- Minnesota Centennial

Mississippi

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Nellie Nugent Somerville, 1924
- Senate: Senator Carrie Belle Kearney, 1924
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Mississippi belatedly ratified the 19th Amendment on March 22, 1984.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 13.8%
More information
- National Park Service: Mississippi and the 19th Amendment

Missouri

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Mellcene Smith, Representative Sarah Lucille Turner, 1923
- Senate: Senator Mary Gant, 1973
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Missouri ratified the 19th Amendment on July 3, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 24.9%
More information
- National Park Service: Missouri and the 19th Amendment
- Milestone for Missouri Women (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Montana

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Maggie Smith Hathaway, Representative Emma Ingalls, 1917.
- Senate: Senator Ellenore Bridenstine, 1945
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Montana passed a state referendum for women's suffrage in 1914. Montana ratified the 19th Amendment on August 2, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 30.0%
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Nebraska

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Mabel Gillespie, Representative Clara Humphrey, Representative Sarah Muir, 1925 (The Nebraska Legislature had two chambers until 1936.)
- Senate: Senator Nell Krause, 1945
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: The Nebraska Legislature passed a law extending limited suffrage to women in 1917. Nebraska ratified the 19th Amendment on August 2, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 28.6%
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Nevada

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- Assembly: Assemblywoman Sadie Hurst, 1919
- Senate: Senator Frances Friedhoff, 1935
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: A state constitutional amendment extended Nevada women suffrage in 1914. Nevada ratified the 19th Amendment on February 7, 1920.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 52.4%
More information
- National Park Service: Nevada and the 19th Amendment
- Nevada Suffrage Centennial

New Hampshire

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Jessie Doe, Representative Dr. Mary Farnum, 1921
- Senate: Senator E. Maude Ferguson, 1931
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: New Hampshire ratified the 19th Amendment on September 10, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 34.2%
More information
- National Park Service: New Hampshire and the 19th Amendment
- New Hampshire Women Vote 100

New Jersey

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- Assembly: Assemblywoman Margaret Laird, Assemblywoman Jennie Van Ness, 1921
- Senate: Senator Mildred Barry Hughes, 1966
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: New Jersey extended the right to vote to women (who owned wealth or property) in its constitution from statehood in 1776. The legislature rescinded this right in 1807. New Jersey ratified the 19th Amendment on February 9, 1920.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 30.8%
More information
- National Park Service: New Jersey and the 19th Amendment
- New Jersey Women Vote 2020

New Mexico

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Bertha Paxton, 1923
- Senate: Senator Louise Holland Coe, 1925
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: New Mexico ratified the 19th Amendment on February 21, 1920.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 35.7%
More information
- National Park Service: New Mexico and the 19th Amendment

New York

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- Assembly: Assemblywoman Mary Lilly, Assemblywoman Ida Sammis, 1919
- Senate: Senator Rhoda Fox Graves, 1935
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: A state constitutional amendment extended full suffrage to New York women in 1917. New York ratified the 19th Amendment on June 16, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 32.4%
More information
- National Park Service: New York and the 19th Amendment
- New York Women's Suffrage Commission

North Carolina

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Lillian Clement, 1921
- Senate: Senator Gertrude Dills McKee, 1931
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: North Carolina belatedly ratified the 19th Amendment on May 6, 1971.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 25.3%
More information
- National Park Service: North Carolina and the 19th Amendment
- North Carolina Women Breaking Barriers

North Dakota

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Minnie Craig, Representative Nellie Doughterty, 1923
- Senate: Senator Agnes Kjorlie Geelan, 1951
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: North Dakota ratified the 19th Amendment on December 1, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 21.3%
More information
- National Park Service: North Dakota and the 19th Amendment
- North Dakota Women's Suffrage Centennial

Ohio

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Nettie Clapp, Representative Lulu Gleason, Representative Adelaide Ott, Representative May Van Wye, 1923
- Senate: Senator Nettie Loughead, Senator Maude Waitt, 1923
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Ohio ratified the 19th Amendment on June 16, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 26.5%
More information
- National Park Service: Ohio and the 19th Amendment
- Ohio Suffrage Centennial

Oklahoma

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Bessie McColgin, 1921
- Senate: Senator Lamar Looney, 1921
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: The Oklahoma constitution recognized women's right to vote in 1917. Oklahoma ratified the 19th Amendment on February 28, 1920.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 21.5%
More information
- National Park Service: Oklahoma and the 19th Amendment
- OK Women 100

Oregon

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Marian Towne, 1915
- Senate: Senator Kathryn Clarke, 1915
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Oregon passed a state referendum for women's suffrage in 1912. Oregon ratified the 19th Amendment on January 13, 1920.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 40.0%
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Pennsylvania

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Alice Bentley, Representative Rosa DeYoung, Representative Sarah McCune Gallaher, Representative Helen Grimes, Representative Sarah Gertrude MacKinney, Representative Lillie Pitts, Representative Martha Speiser, Representative Martha Thomas, 1923
- Senate: Senator Flora Vare, 1925
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Pennsylvania ratified the 19th Amendment on June 24, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 26.5%
More information
- National Park Service: Pennsylvania and the 19th Amendment
- Pennsylvania Women's Suffrage 100

Rhode Island

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Isabelle Ahearn ONeill, 1923
- Senate: Senator Lulu Mowry Schlesinger, 1929
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Rhode Island ratified the 19th Amendment on January 6, 1920.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 38.1%
More information
- National Park Service: Rhode Island and the 19th Amendment

South Carolina

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Harriet Johnson, 1945
- Senate: Senator Mary Ellis, 1929
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: South Carolina belatedly ratified the 19th Amendment on July 1, 1969.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 15.9%
More information
- National Park Service: South Carolina and the 19th Amendment
- League of Women Voters SC Suffrage History

South Dakota

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Gladys Pyle, 1923
- Senate: Senator Jessie Sanders, 1937
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: A state constitutional amendment extended suffrage to South Dakota women in 1918. South Dakota ratified the 19th Amendment on December 4, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 23.8%
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Tennessee

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Marion Scudder Griffin, 1923
- Senate: Senator Anna Lee Worley, 1921
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment on August 18, 1920. It was the 36th state to do so, ensuring that the amendment became law nationwide.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 15.9%
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Texas

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Edith Wilmans, 1923
- Senate: Senator Margie Neal, 1927
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Texas ratified the 19th Amendment on June 28, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 23.8%
More information
- National Park Service: Texas and the 19th Amendment
- Texas Women's Foundation 19th Amendment Centennial Project

Utah

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Sarah Elizabeth Anderson, Representative Eurithe LaBarthe, 1897
- Senate: Senator Martha Hughes Cannon, 1897
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: The Utah territory passed women's suffrage legislation in 1870. An act of the U.S. Congress in 1887 took away women's voting rights. When Utah achieved statehood in 1896 women's suffrage was enshrined in the state constitution. Utah ratified the 19th amendment on September 30, 1919.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 24.0%
More information
- National Park Service: Utah and the 19th Amendment
- Utah Better Days 2020

Vermont

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Edna Beard, 1921
- Senate: Senator Edna Beard, 1923
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Vermont belatedly ratified the 19th Amendment on February 8, 1921.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 40.0%
More information
- National Park Service: Vermont and the 19th Amendment
- Vermont Suffrage Centennial Alliance

Virginia

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Delegate Sarah Lee Fain, Delegate Helen Henderson, 1924
- Senate: Senator Eva Mae Scott, 1980
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Virginia belatedly ratified the 19th Amendment on February 21, 1952.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 26.4%
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Washington

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Frances Axtell, Representative Nena Jolidon Croake, 1913
- Senate: Senator Reba Hurn, 1923
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Washington passed a state referendum for women's suffrage in 1910. Washington ratified the 19th amendment on March 22, 1920.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 41.5%
More information
- National Park Service: Washington State and the 19th Amendment
- Washington 2020 Suffrage Centennial

West Virginia

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Delegate Anna Johnston Gates, 1923
- Senate: Senator Hazel Edna Hyre, 1934
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: West Virginia ratified the 19th Amendment on March 10, 1920.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 14.2%
More information
- National Park Service: West Virginia and the 19th Amendment
- West Virginia Archives: WV Suffrage Movement

Wisconsin

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- Assembly: Representative Mildred Barber, Representative Hellen Brooks, Representative Helen Thompson, 1925
- Senate: Senator Kathryn Morrison, 1975
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: Wisconsin ratified the 19th Amendment on June 10, 1919. Though two other states did so on the same day, Wisconsin was the first state to deliver ratification paperwork to Congress.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 27.3%
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Wyoming

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- House: Representative Mary Godat Bellamy, 1911
- Senate: Senator Dora McGrath, 1931
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: The Wyoming Territory passed a women's suffrage act in 1869. Wyoming ratified the 19th amendment on January 27, 1920.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 15.6%
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District of Columbia

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First women to serve in the Council. The District of Columbia Home Rule Act was enacted in 1973, providing for an elected mayor and an elected Council of the District of Columbia. The first election was in 1974.
- Councilmember Willie Hardy, Councilmember Polly Ehrlich Shackleton, Councilmember Nadine Winter, 1975
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: As a federal district, the District of Columbia could not participate in the ratification process.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 30.8%
More information
- National Park Service: District of Columbia and the 19th Amendment
- Commemorations of the women's suffrage centennial in Washington, D.C.

American Samoa

First women to serve in the legislature.
- Representative Zilpher Jennings, 1953
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: As a United States territory, American Samoa was not eligible to participate in the ratification process.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 5.1%
More information
- National Park Service: American Samoa and the 19th Amendment

Guam

First women to serve in the territorial legislature.
- Legislature: Senator Cynthia Johnson Torres, Senator Lagrimas Leon Guerrero Untalan, 1954
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: As a United States territory, Guam was not eligible to participate in the ratification process.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 66.7%
More information
- National Park Service: Guam and the 19th Amendment

Northern Mariana Islands

First women to serve in the territorial legislature.
- House: Representative Felicidad Ogumoro, 1978
- Senate: Senator Maria Frica Pangelinan, 2006
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: The Northern Mariana Islands became a United States territory in 1947 and was not eligible to participate in the ratification process.

Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 7.1%
More information
- National Park Service: Northern Mariana Islands and the 19th Amendment

Puerto Rico

First women to serve in the territorial legislature.
- House: Representative Maria Luisa Arcelay de la Rosa, 1933
- Senate: Senator Maria Martinez Acosta de Perez Almiroty, 1937
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: As a United States territory, Puerto Rico was not eligible to participate in the ratification process.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 17.9%
More information
- National Park Service: Puerto Rico and the 19th Amendment

Virgin Islands

First women to serve in the state legislature.
- Senate: Senator Lucinda Millin, 1955
Date the 19^th amendment was ratified: As a United States territory, the Virgin Islands was not eligible to participate in the ratification process.
Percentage of women in the legislature in 2019: 26.7%
More information
- National Park Service: The U.S. Virgin Islands and the 19th Amendment