On November 23, Washington Territorial William Newell signs a law that grants women the right to vote. On February 3, 1887, however, the Washington Territorial Supreme Court overturns the law in its decision in Harland v.
By the end of 1776 New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire grant women the right to vote. They gradually loose the ballot beginning with New York in 1777, Massachusetts in 1780, New Hampshire in 1784, and New Jersey in 1807.
