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This is a list of Wyoming suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Wyoming. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( July 2022 )
John B. Kendrick (1857–1933), governor of Wyoming (1915–1917), U.S. Senator (1917–1933) Frank E. Lucas (1876–1948), Republican Governor of Wyoming (1924–1925) Cynthia Lummis (born 1954), Republican U.S. Senator from Wyoming (since 2021); former member of both houses of the Wyoming legislature and former state treasurer
She cast her ballot on September 6, 1870, in Laramie, Wyoming. [3] [4] The museum opened in 2012. [5] The Wyoming State Historical Society says Swain was "the first woman in the world to cast a ballot under laws giving women and men equal voting rights". [6] The Johnson Lummis Hunkins Plaza is outside the Wyoming House for Historic Women.
In 1870, Louisa Swain was one of the first women to vote in Wyoming Territory. She lived and voted in Laramie, Wyoming. In September 1870, women throughout the Territory finally got the chance to vote in Wyoming's second election. As many as 1,000 women appear to have gone to the polls. [7] African-American women in Cheyenne were also able to ...
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 ...
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Pages in category "History of women in Wyoming" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Dec. 2—One corner in the Wyoming State Museum is now dedicated to a critical topic. The latest exhibit added to the flagship state history museum is, unfortunately, hardly history at all.