▁allowing ▁twenty - one - year - old ▁women ▁to ▁vote ▁in ▁any ▁election ▁in ▁Ut ah . ▁ ▁Ut ah ▁women ▁were ▁dis enf ranch ised ▁by ▁prov isions ▁of ▁the ▁federal ▁Edmund s – T ucker ▁Act ▁en act ed ▁by ▁the ▁U . S .   C ong ress ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 7 . ▁ ▁The ▁push ▁to ▁grant ▁Ut ah ▁women ' s ▁suff rage ▁was ▁at ▁least ▁partially ▁fue led ▁by ▁the ▁belief ▁that , ▁given ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁vote , ▁Ut ah ▁women ▁would ▁dispose ▁of ▁pol yg amy . ▁It ▁was ▁only ▁after ▁Ut ah ▁women ▁exerc ised ▁their ▁suff rage ▁rights ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁pol yg amy ▁that ▁the ▁U . S .   C ong ress ▁dis enf ranch ised ▁Ut ah ▁women . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th   century , ▁Id aho , ▁Ut ah , ▁and ▁Wy oming ▁had ▁enf ranch ised ▁women ▁after ▁effort ▁by ▁the ▁suff rage ▁associations ▁at ▁the ▁state ▁level ; ▁Colorado ▁not ably ▁enf ranch ised ▁women ▁by ▁an ▁ 1 8 9 3 ▁refer endum . ▁California ▁voted ▁to ▁enf ranch ise ▁women ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th   century , ▁as ▁women ' s ▁suff rage ▁faced ▁several ▁important ▁federal ▁votes , ▁a ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁suff rage ▁movement ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁National ▁Woman ' s ▁Party ▁led ▁by ▁suff rag ist ▁Alice ▁Paul ▁became