at public school was opened to women. Russia: Women were allowed to audit university lectures, but this was retracted in 1863. Sweden: The posts of college teacher and lower official at public institutions were opened to women. US, Kansas: The Married Women's Property Act granted married women separate economy. 1860 US, New York: New York passed a revised Married Women's Property Act which gave women shared legal custody of their children, allowing them to have a say in their children's wills, wages, and granting them the right to inherit property. 1861 South Australia: South Australia granted property-owning women the right to vote in local elections. US, Kansas: Kansas gave school suffrage to all women. Many U.S. states followed before the start of the 20th century. 1862 Sweden: Restricted local suffrage was granted to women in Sweden. In 1919 suffrage was granted with restrictions, and in 1921 all restrictions were lifted. 1863 Finland: In 1863, taxpaying women were granted municipal suffrage in the country side, and in 1872, the same reform was given to the cities. 1869 United Kingdom: The UK granted women the right to vote in local elections. US, Wyoming: the Wyoming territories grant women the right to vote, the first part of the US to do so. 1870 US, Utah: The Utah territory granted women the right to vote, but it was revoked by Congress in 1887 as part of a national effort to rid the territory of polygamy. It was restored in 1895, when the right to vote and hold office was written into the constitution of the new state. United Kingdom: The Married Women's Property Act was passed in 1870 and expanded in 1874 and 1882, giving women control over their own earnings and property. 1871 Denmark: In 1871 the worlds very first Women's Rights organization was founded by Mathilde Bajer and her husband Frederik Bajer, called Danish Women's Society (or Dansk Kvindesamfund. It still exists to this day). Netherlands: First female academic student Aletta Jacobs enrolls at a Dutch university (University of Groningen). 1872 Finland: In 1872, taxpaying women were granted municipal suffrage in the cities. 1881 Isle of Man: The right to vote was extended to unmarried women and widows who owned property, and as a result 700 women received the vote, comprising about 10% of the Manx electorate. 1884 Canada: Widows and spinsters were the first women granted the right to vote within