The spring of 1895 – exactly 125 years ago – was a significant moment in the history of Utah women. First, the Utah State Constitution was drafted to include women’s voting rights as part of the new state’s laws. Secondly, Susan B. Anthony and Rev. Anna Howard Shaw arrived from the East to congratulate the women of Utah and host the Rocky Mountain Suffrage Conference.
We couldn’t let these anniversaries go by without notice, so scholars, actors, historians, musicians and politicians gather to mark this remarkable moment in Utah women’s history.
UtahWomensHistory.org
UtahHERitage.org
Buy the books:
Pioneering the Vote: The Untold Story of Suffragists in Utah and the West
Thinking Women: A Timeline of Utah Suffrage
Champions of Change: 25 Women Who Made History
CAST
Sarah M. Kimball – Tiffany Bowles
Brigham H. Roberts – Mark Fossen
Orson F. Whitney – Matt Sincell
Franklin S. Richards – Jay Perry
Emmeline B. Wells – Janine Nishiguchi
Susan B. Anthony – Jan C. Smith
Elizabeth Taylor – Lita Giddens
Rev. Anna Howard Shaw – Cassie Ashton
Better Days 2020 would like to thank:
Erin Morley
Senator Deidre Henderson
LeeAnn Denzer
Elaine Wayland
Mayor Erin Mendenhall
Lisa Valentine Clark
Laurel Cunningham
Joyce Kinkead (note: name is misspelled in film credits)
Mayor Emily Niehaus
Representative Karen Kwan
Jill Remington Love
Dianna Douglas
Bev Uipi
Liz Joerger
Liz Owens
Cherie Call
Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts
Ellen Jeppsen
Betty Sawyer
Dr. Jackie Thompson
Video Editing: Rex Griffiths
Photo Credits:
15th Ward Relief Society Hall – LDS Church History Library
Salt Lake City and County building exterior – LDS Church History Library
Interior photo of Constitution Hall – Tommy Woodard
Salt Lake Tabernacle exterior – LDS Church History Library
Salt Lake Tabernacle interior – Denver Public Library
Train station depot interior – Denver Rio Grande Station, Public Domain
Saltair c. 1900 – Library of Congress
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