News report of Seraph Young and other women voting in 1870 Utah election.

Date
Feb 23, 1870
Type
News (traditional)
Source
The Evening Star
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Secondary
Journalism
Reference

"The Mormon Feud," The Evening Star, February 23, 1870, accessed April 9, 2022

Scribe/Publisher
The Evening Star
People
Brigham Young, The Evening Star, Daniel H. Wells, Brigham Young, Jr., Heber P. Kimball, Seraph Young, Heber C. Kimball
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

The exultation of the Brighamites over the result of the municipal election here is exuberant. In consequence of the large attendance at the meetings of the "Schismatics" here, there had been some uneasiness amongst the faithful lest the election should develop a larger element hostile to the "Church," as preached by Brigham, than would be agreeable. But the opposition ticket only receive a vote of about 300 in total vote of 2,301. The highest vote given on the Brigham ticket was for Heber P. Kimball, for Councilor, 2,015. He is a son of the late Heber Kimball, Brigham's right-hand man. Daniel H. Wells, re-elected Mayor, received a vote of 1,999.

Ten or twelve women voted under the female suffrage law recently passed, and the first one to record her vote was Miss Seraph Young, daughter of B.H. Young, and grand-daughter of Brigham Young.

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