Women Voting in Colonial Times

When Victoria Woodhull and Belva Lockwood ran for president, the history of woman suffrage in America was more complex than many people realize. Women did vote in some areas such as New Jersey during Colonial times, but this right ended with the adoption of the Federal Constitution and through acts of various state legislatures.
Some states, however, primarily those out West, did grant women full rights to the ballot in the latter half of the 19th century. Wyoming in 1869 became the first state or territory to allow women to vote. It was followed by Utah in the next year, Washington in 1883, and Colorado in 1893. Women in Utah and Washington, though, temporarily lost the right to vote through an act of Congress and decisions of the Supreme Court and did not have full ballot rights restored to them until 1896 and 1910 respectively.