Story highlights. (CNN)Mixed martial arts fighter Kimbo Slice died Monday, according to the MMA organization that represented him. He was 42 years old. One of the most popular MMA fighters ever, Kimbo was a charismatic, larger-than-life personality that transcended the sport.
In 1878, a constitutional amendment was proposed that provided The right of citizens to vote shall not be abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.. This same amendment would be introduced in every session of Congress for the next 41 years. In July 1890, the Territory of Wyoming, which allowed women to vote, was admitted as a state. Wyoming became the first state with women suffrage. By 1900, Utah, Colorado, and Idaho joined Wyoming in allowing women to vote. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive (Bull Moose) Party became the first national political party to have a plank supporting women suffrage.
In the US, women received the right to vote with the passing of the 19th amendment on August 18, 1920. They first voted in National Elections in 1923. Women had earlier been allowed to vote in some of the other states. The first instance of a woman voting in America was Lydia Chapin Taft in 1756 who voted in New England town meetings. From 1790 to 1807 women were allowed to vote in New Jersey, provided they met the land ownership requirement.