our smith devoe, tacoma-based leader of the washington state suffrage group, joins up with this very colorful may hutton. she was a camp cook in the silver mines in northern idaho. she married a railroad engineer by the name of hutton and they buy an interest in the hercules mine. the hercules mine becomes the most profitable silver mine of that era in idaho, and they become millionaires almost overnight. she is a very colorful figure. so you have emma who is kind of comes out of the temperance movement and may who comes to this from a colorful past. together, they do send -- descend on olympia and the legislature which is all men, and they work together in different ways to get the legislature to approve an amendment for the ballot. 1909, the house votes for the amendment and it 10-20 votes.hink and then in february, the washington state senate passes it by a bigger majority. in february of 1909, the governor signs the bill to create the opportunity for washingtonians to vote for suffrage for women in washington state. vote is going to come up before washington men in november of 19

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devos is easing standards set by the obama administration for vocational programs and schools.(grant) advocacy groups say it could put students at risk. our washington correspondent jessica smithplains the change. natsthe gainful employment rule aims to hold vocational programs and for-profit colleges accountable -- by making them prove graduates' are able to get jobs and pay back their student loans.if the schools can't meet specific standards -- they lose access to federal loans and grants.but education secretary betsy devos says the requirements are burdensome on the programs. so she has softened the rules, and plans to rewrite them entirely. jennifer wang, ticas anyone who cares about students, vets, taxpayers -- should be extremely, deeply troubled by the admin's actions.jennifer wang works for the institute for college access and success. she says devos is gutting the rule.jennifer wang, ticas: what the admin has now done is forced it to die by 1000 cuts. (im not crazy about this bite, is there another)jessica standup: earlier this year, the obama administration found 8-hundred programs did not meet gainful employment standards. failing schools have to warn students they