Utah's Female Trailblazers- Celebrating Equal Suffrage

Published: Feb. 13, 2020, 3 p.m.

150 years ago, Utah women were finally able to "cast off the shackles" and vote! When school teacher Seraph Young became the first woman to cast a ballot in a municipal election, it represented years of work by both women and men hoping to give an equal voice to those who'd become Utah's citizens. Hear more about the history of women's suffrage as well as what cities and towns are doing to celebrate Utah's HERitage. Seraph Young art illustrator: Brooke Smart