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The state of Wyoming granted women voting rights in 1890. Several other states, such as Oregon and Colorado, had granted voting rights to women before the 19th Amendment.
Most states granted voting rights to property owners.
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When voting rights were extended to citizens who previously did not have voting rights, there was more pluralism in the US. When the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920, the votes granted to women expanded the numbers of people voting in the US.
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The outline of the bucking horse and rider represent Wyoming's Wild West heritage. Wyoming was nicknamed the "Equality State" because of its historical role in establishing equal voting rights for women. Wyoming was the first territory to grant "female suffrage" and became the first state in the Nation to allow women to vote, serve on juries and hold public office
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 granted African Americans the legal right to vote.
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The women's suffrage law was passed in wyoming in thw year of 1969. ; May : Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association. The primary goal of the organization is to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution. ; Nov. : Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and others form the American Woman Suffrage Association. This group focuses exclusively on gaining voting rights for women through amendments to individual state constitutions. ; Dec. 10 : The territory of Wyoming passes the first women's suffrage law. The following year, women begin serving on juries in the territory. The women's suffrage law was passed in wyoming in thw year of 1969. ; May : Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association. The primary goal of the organization is to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution. ; Nov. : Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and others form the American Woman Suffrage Association. This group focuses exclusively on gaining voting rights for women through amendments to individual state constitutions. ; Dec. 10 : The territory of Wyoming passes the first women's suffrage law. The following year, women begin serving on juries in the territory. The women's suffrage law was passed in wyoming in thw year of 1969. ; May : Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association. The primary goal of the organization is to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution. ; Nov. : Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and others form the American Woman Suffrage Association. This group focuses exclusively on gaining voting rights for women through amendments to individual state constitutions. ; Dec. 10 : The territory of Wyoming passes the first women's suffrage law. The following year, women begin serving on juries in the territory. The women's suffrage law was passed in wyoming in thw year of 1969. ; May : Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association. The primary goal of the organization is to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution. ; Nov. : Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and others form the American Woman Suffrage Association. This group focuses exclusively on gaining voting rights for women through amendments to individual state constitutions. ; Dec. 10 : The territory of Wyoming passes the first women's suffrage law. The following year, women begin serving on juries in the territory.