Curio | December 19, 2025

On This Day | The Editorials of the Moment

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Josh Wolsky

There are now no less than ten states in the union where women vote on equal terms with men. They are Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, California, Utah, Arizona, Kansas, Colorado and Michigan. Besides these there are twenty-one states where women have incomplete suffrage, North Dakota being among the number.
1912-12-19 | Ward County Independent

Why We Chose It

And a little later down, "North Dakota, one of the most progressive states in the union . . . " is a very different than we would be described today. It invites a question . . . they were North Dakotans, we are North Dakotans, what changed?