In 1869, Wyoming's Territorial Legislature gave women the right to vote.
Women in Wyoming gained the right to vote on December 10, 1869, when Wyoming's Territorial Legislature approved a revolutionary measure stating: "That every woman of the age of twenty-one years, residing in this Territory, may at every election to be holden under the law thereof, cast her vote."
In 1869 Wyoming's territorial legislature granted women the right to vote.
In 1869 Wyoming's territorial legislature granted women the right to vote. When Wyoming became a state in 1890, the state constitution gave women the right to vote.
In 1869 Wyoming's territorial legislature granted women the right to vote. When Wyoming became a state in 1890, the state constitution gave women the right to vote.
The territory of Wyoming was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1869, prior to the 19th Amendment. It became a state in 1890.
In 1869 Wyoming's territorial legislature granted women the right to vote. When Wyoming became a state in 1890, the state constitution gave women the right to vote.
They started letting women vote in 1857! I looked it up in the state book! This is absoulutely correct!
Wyoming.
There were many reasons with no one specific explanation for women getting the right to vote in Wyoming and other western states. Wyoming and other western states needed more people. By giving women the right to vote, Wyoming hoped to attract women from the eastern states. Granting women the right to vote also brought publicity to Wyoming. Politics was also a part. African American men were also being given the right to vote at the same time and there were concerns about counteracting their votes. Plus, people in Wyoming believed that women should be given the right to vote and that voting is a basic right of citizenship.
Although New Jersey allowed some women to vote between 1790 and 1807 (those with property), Wyoming was the first state to grant the general right to vote, through an act of the territorial legislature in 1869 that carried into statehood in 1890. The state of Colorado approved women's right to vote in 1893.
The territory of Wyoming was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1869, prior to the 19th Amendment. It became a state in 1890.