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The Transcontinental Railroad and Utah Women’s Suffrage
by Katherine Kitterman, Better Days Historical Director May 8, 2019 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad. Completed with a ceremonial golden spike driven at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869, the railroad brought technological, economic, and cultural changes to Utah Territory. Despite the fact that women do not appear in […]Read More