Memorial of Utah Women Against the Christiancy-Luttrell Bills Which Would Disenfranchise Them

In 1870, Utah’s majority Mormon territorial legislature adopted woman suffrage. Strongly opposed to the Mormon practice of polygamy, Congress passed legislation in 1887 that outlawed the practice and disfranchised Utah women. This was the only time that Congress took the vote from women – it argued women in plural marriages couldn’t vote independently. Utah won statehood in 1895 and once again fully enfranchised women. This document opposed an attempt Congress made to disfranchise Utah women in 1878.