Wyoming Territory Becomes First in U.S. to Grant Women Full Voting Rights
On December 10, 1869, Wyoming Territory’s all-male territorial legislature passed “An Act to Grant to the Women of Wyoming Territory the Right of Suffrage, and to Hold Office,” making Wyoming the first place in the United States to grant women full voting rights since New Jersey …
Wyoming Territorial Legislature
Esther Hobart Morris
William Bright
Wyoming Territory
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