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Lessons from Utah's legacy of women's suffrage

Neylan McBaine • TEDxSaltLakeCity

The first legal ballot cast in the United States by a woman was in Utah -- a culminating moment in a trailblazing local women's suffrage. In this talk, Neylan McBaine tells the little-known story of this movement and details the ways its triumphs (and setbacks) are relevant to contemporary struggles for equality.

The first legal ballot cast in the United States by a woman was in Utah -- a culminating moment in a trailblazing local women's suffrage. In this talk, Neylan McBaine tells the little-known story of this movement and details the ways its triumphs (and setbacks) are relevant to contemporary struggles for equality.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxSaltLakeCity, an independent event.

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About the speaker

Neylan McBaine

Women's Advocate

Neylan is co-founder and CEO of Better Days 2020 (www.betterdays2020.org), which popularizes Utah women's history in preparation for the 150th anniversary of women first voting in Utah (the first women to vote in the modern nation) and the centennial of the 19th Amendment. Neylan hails originally from the East Coast where she was raised in New York City and attended Yale University. A move west resulted in a career as a digital marketer at the largest (Walmart.com) and smallest (Tea Collection) retailers in Silicon Valley. Neylan’s past positions also include CMO for Brain Chase Productions, an educational technology startup, and brand strategist for Bonneville Communications, the advertising agency responsible for Mormon.org and the I'm A Mormon campaign. Neylan is the founder of the Mormon Women Project (www.mormonwomen.com), a nonprofit dedicated to mobilizing Mormon women by telling their stories and exploring opportunities for increasing their voice within the church institution.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxSaltLakeCity, an independent event.

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