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A legislature made entirely of men passed the woman's suffrage bill in 1869 entitled "An Act to Grant to the Women of Wyoming Territory the Right of Suffrage, and to Hold Office.” [3] [2] The territory retained its woman suffrage law even when that law could have jeopardized the Wyoming Territory's application for statehood. In 1890, Wyoming ...
On July 25, 1868, President Andrew Johnson signed the Wyoming Organic Act creating the Wyoming Territory using lands from the Dakota, Idaho, and Utah territories, and on April 17, 1869, the territorial government was organized. [3] In 1869 the territory granted women's suffrage for all elections in an attempt to attract new settlers. A later ...
The 1st Wyoming Territorial Legislature was a meeting of the Wyoming Legislature that lasted from October 12 to December 10, 1869. This was the first meeting of the territorial legislature following the creation of the Wyoming Territory by the United States Congress .
Wyoming territory historical coat of arms (illustrated, 1876). This territorial design was re-adopted at statehood (1890) until a complete redesign in 1893. After the arrival of the railroad, the population began to grow steadily in the Wyoming Territory, which was established on July 25, 1868. [21]
1890 – The first state (Wyoming) grants women the right to vote in all elections. 1900 – By this year, every state had passed legislation granting married women the right to keep their own ...
1912: Arizona grants women suffrage. [6] 1912: Kansas grants women suffrage. [6] 1913: Alice Paul becomes the leader of the Congressional Union (CU), a militant branch of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. [3] 1913: Alice Paul organizes the Woman's Suffrage Procession, a parade in Washington, D.C., on the eve of Woodrow Wilson's ...
Regarding Wyoming becoming the first territory or state to enshrine in law that women should be given the right to vote, Lee wrote: "Once, during the session, amid the greatest hilarity, and after the presentation of various funny amendments and in the full expectation of a gubernatorial veto, an act was passed Enfranchising the Women of Wyoming.
Even prior to this official designation, Kansas suffragists chose the sunflower as a symbol in 1867, inspiring the use of yellow as the national color for the women's suffrage movement.