Women on a Grand Jury

• The first integrated grand jury was held in 1870 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, according to Legacy 98 Online. The judge stated that it was necessary and proper for women to sit upon grand juries. Jury qualification status up to this point had been only "electors" and "voters," which were male citizens. The decision to allow women on the grand jury set a precedent that changed women's rights to permanently have a say in the judicial process. However, women could be excluded from being called to jury duty if they had responsibilities at home that the woman felt were more important.
  
  

Women Own Property

• The state of Mississippi was the first state in America to grant women the right to own property in their own name. However, women had to be married and have their husband's permission in order to own property in 1839. In 1848, New York instated a Married Woman's Property Act, which granted a married woman some control over her money and her property. This right wasn't instated throughout the United States until 1900.
  
  

Women Practice Law

• Belva Lockwood, through a special Congressional legislation, became the first woman to try a case before the Supreme Court. At the end of the Civil War, Lockwood had earned her law degree, but male students objected to graduating with a female. Lockwood had written a firm letter to President Ulysses S. Grant, after which she did receive her diploma. She then lobbied Congress to allow her to practice law, which opened the door for women lawyers.
  
  

Women Vote

• In 1890, Wyoming granted women the right to vote in all elections. The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which declares the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex," wasn't ratified until 1920.