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BYU Library honors songs written by Utah suffragists for Women’s History Month

Emily May
By Emily May
April 01, 2025 12:13 PM
As Women’s History Month comes to a close, the BYU Library hosted its first ever sing-along of songs written by Utah women as they fought for their right to vote in the 1800s on March 25 in the Reynolds Auditorium.
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Religion

Relief Society played essential role in fight for women’s suffrage

By Harriet Norcross
May 29, 2020 12:00 AM
Editor's note: This is one of two parts commemorating 150 years since Utah women were the first in any U.S. state to vote in 1870. Pioneering women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made key contributions to suffrage and were also key in establishing BYU.
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Campus

'Better Days 2020' empowers students through women's history

By Anne Wallace
September 18, 2018 12:00 AM
Young volunteers Dalloway Smith, left, and Gwyneth Park express their enthusiasm for the new curriculum by learning about voting and collecting pins featuring the faces of influential Utah women. (Claire Gentry)
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