How tensions over religion molded Colorado’s constitution

By: Chase Woodruff

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: February 13, 2026

Words: 1,697

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Despite the best efforts of suffragists in Colorado and around the country, the fight to make the Centennial State the first to grant women the right to vote suffered a final defeat on Feb. 15, 1876.

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This story is part of Colorado at 150.

A committee made up of five delegates to the constitutional convention in Denver had been …

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