The Kansas electorate rejects the proposed constitutional amendments to extend suffrage to women and black men

In 1867, the state of Kansas proposed two amendments, one of which was the first consitutional amendment for woman's suffrage in the history of the United States. They sought to grant enranchisement to women and black men by eliminating the worlds "male" and "white" from the Kansas Constitution. The proposed amendments were defeated in the Kansas election after being voted out by the all-white, all-male electroate. 

DEMOCRACY’S RAINBOW: THE LONG ASCENT AND RAPID DESCENT OF VOTING RIGHTS IN KANSAS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1867_Kansas_suffrage_referendum

Image Citation

"Delegates to the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association, Topeka, Kansas" Kansas Historical Society, https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/208676. Accessed 2 Oct. 2020

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Event date:

5 Nov 1867