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Women's rights organizations in other western states looked to Wyoming as a model. [25] Women had held office in a range of capacities. [2] In 1880, Susan Johnson was appointed postmaster in Cheyenne and Mary Bellamy became the first woman to serve in a state legislature. Wyoming women exercised their right to vote: in the 1880s nearly 90% of ...
Feb. 27—CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a bill to prohibit gender-transitioning treatment for minors. The vote was 26-5 in favor of Senate File 99, "Chloe's law ...
Wyoming Equality was one of the organizers for the Cheyenne #StoptheBans protest that drew women from across the state. [31] Following the overturn of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, dozens of abortion rights protestors rallied and marched outside Wyoming's only clinic offering abortion services in Casper. [32]
Advocates for women's rights founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) in June 1966 out of frustration with the enforcement of the sex bias provisions of the Civil Rights Act and Executive Order 11375. [103] New York state legislature amends its abortion-related statute to allow for more therapeutic exceptions. [8] 1966
Soon after the Civil War, women gained the right to vote in Wyoming — even before the territory became the 44th state. But over the past 130 years, the state has continued to, ever so slowly ...
(Reuters) - A Wyoming judge on Monday ruled that two anti-abortion laws passed by the state legislature violate Wyoming's constitution, keeping abortion legal in the state for now, local media ...
The Constitution of the State of Wyoming is the supreme governing document of the U.S. state of Wyoming. Wyoming held a constitutional convention in 1889. [1] The constitution was approved by a statewide vote of 6,272 to 1,923 on November 5, 1889. It was last amended in 2024.
Apr. 10—CHEYENNE — Everyone knows Wyoming earned its nickname as The Equality State because it was the first state to grant women the right to vote in 1890. What might not be as well known ...