Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1920 — SUFFRAGE WINS IN WASHINGTON [ARTICLE]

SUFFRAGE WINS IN WASHINGTON

THIRTY-FIVE STATES HAVE RATIFIED WOMAN SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT Ratification of the proposed suffrage amendment to the Federal constitution was completed by the Washington legislature Monday, when the Senate unanimously passed a resolution ratifying the same. The resolution had previously pass- ' ed the House. ! Washington is . the thirty-fifth state to ratify the suffrage amend'ment and only one more is needed ' to make the measure a part of the constitution. The legislature of Delaware is now in session and the suffrage amendment will be brought before it in a few days. Liat of States. The list of states that have ratiified the amendment follows: ! Illinois- .June 10, P 919 । Wisconsin June 10, 1919 Michigan. ’____June 10, 1919 Kansas -- —June 16, 1919 Ohio June 16, 1919 New York./ June 16, 1919 । Pennsylvania June 24, 1919 i Massachusetts—___June 25, 1919 Texas - June 27, 1919 lowa__-- July 2, 1919 Missouri July 3, 1919 Arkansas— July 28, 1919 Montana July 30, 1919 Nebraska —.—.. Aug. 2, 1919 Minnesota —Sept. 8, 1919 New Hampshire __—Sept. 10', 1919 Utah-’ Sept. 30, 1919 California Nov. 1, 1919 Maine— S Nov. 1, 1919 North—Dakota Dec. 1, 1919 South Dakota Dec. 4, 1919 Colorado 12, 1919 Rhode Island Jan. 6, 1920 Kentucky Jan. 6, 1920 Oregon.- ——Jan. 12, 1920 Indiana -Jan. I'd, 1920 Wyoming - Jan- 27, 1920 Nevada A* loon New Jersey-- Feb. 10, 1920 Idaho Feb. 11, 4920 Arizona -- Feb. 12, 1920 New Mexico-- laon Oklahoma Feb. 28, 1920 West Virginia March 10, 1920 Washington. ..March 22, 1920