In the area of politics, women gained the right to control their earnings, own property, and, in the case of divorce, take custody of their children. By 1896, women had gained the right to vote in four states (Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah).
What did the populist party want?
There were a few things hat the populist party wanted. The itemsthat the party wanted were, a secret ballot, an election forsenators, an income tax, to oppose legislature votes, free coinageof silver, farmers to get the money back that they paid on loans,and the railroad system, telephone system, and telegraph system tobe owned by the public.
It warned Roosevelt that Germany was developing an atomic bomb and encouraged him to start a nuclear program in the US that later became the Manhattan Project
