Seraph Young Ford

Seraph Young Ford (November 6, 1846 – June 22, 1938) was the first woman to cast a ballot under a law that made women citizens' voting rights equal to men's in the United States.

The Young family migrated to the Great Basin the next year along with other Mormon refugees, arriving in October 1847 and settling in Salt Lake City.

Acting territorial governor Stephen A. Mann signed the bill into law on February 12, 1870, and Salt Lake City's municipal election was held just two days later.

[13] A mural depicting Seraph Young's vote, created by artist David Koch, is in the House of Representatives chamber of the Utah State Capitol.

In 2019, the state legislature recognized Seraph Young's vote and passed a bill designating February 14 as Women's Voter Registration Day.