[1] [2] Colorado became the first state in which women obtained the right to vote through popular election in 1893.

[3] The following year, on November 6, 1894, three women were elected to serve in the Colorado House of Representatives.

Carrie Holly published a detailed account of the legislative process.

[5] She did not run for re-election after her first term, although she maintained an active interest in politics and public affairs and was admitted to the bar in 1896.

[1] She was married to the associate justice of the Colorado Territorial Supreme Court Charles Frederick Holly.