The 1920 legislation giving women the right to vote in Virginia was an uncodified (stand alone) Act written to take effect upon the ratification of the Ammendment to the US Constitution. (They weren't going to do it one day sooner than they had to!) Still, it took until 1934 for the General Assembly to remove the word "male" from the legal qualifications to register to vote!
Rosanna Bencoach
Policy Manager, State Board of Elections
>
> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:35:34 -0400
> From: James H Hershman
> Subject: Re: Women Jurors in VA
>
> Just to add a footnote to this discussion. VA didn't get around to ratifying the
> Nineteenth Amendment, protecting women's suffrage, until 1952.
>
> Jim Hershman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Kiracofe
> Date: Saturday, July 22, 2006 3:29 pm
> Subject: Re: Women Jurors in VA
>
> > I am reminded by the recent pardon of the convicted witch, Grace
> > Sherwood of Princess Anne County, that in the course of her trial, she
> > was examined for the "marks of the devil" by a jury of women. This
> > usage of jury refers to the earlier function of juries as
> > determiners of
> > fact, but obviously also served the purposes of modesty.
> >
> > David Kiracofe
> >
> > David Kiracofe
> > History
> > Tidewater Community College
> > Chesapeake Campus
> > 1428 Cedar Road
> > Chesapeake, Virginia 23322
> > 757-822-5136
> > >>> [log in to unmask] >>>
> > A bill that passed the General Assembly on 15 March 1950 allowed
> > Virginia women to serve on juries for the first time; a bill that
> > passedin 1952 allowed Virignia women to serve on grand juries for
> > the first
> > time.
> >
> > I presume, but do not recall for certain, that each law went into
> > effecton the ensuing 1 July.
> >
> > (Here: insert Ides of March joke.)
> >
> > Brent Tarter
> > The Library of Virginia
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Visit the Library of Virginia's web site at http://www.lva.lib.va.us
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
> > [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Judy Gabor
> > Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 8:31 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Women Jurors in VA
> >
> > Dear Listers,
> >
> > Could one of you wonderful historians or legal beagles give me the
> > datewhen women became eligible to serve on juries in VA?
> >
> > Thanks - Judith Bailey Gabor
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