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  2. Women's suffrage in Wyoming - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Timeline of women's suffrage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The focus turns to working at the state level. Wyoming renewed general women's suffrage, becoming the first state to allow women to vote. [6] [3] [8] 1890: A suffrage campaign loses in South Dakota. [6] 1893: After a campaign led by Carrie Chapman Catt, Colorado men vote for women's suffrage. [6]

  4. Wyoming: A brief history of the first state where women could ...

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    Just look at Wyoming, where women gained the right to vote all the way back in 1869, a full 20 years before the territory became the country’s 44th state in 1890, and more than 50 years before ...

  5. Timeline of voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Washington state restores women's right to vote through the state constitution. [26] 1911. California women earn the right to vote following the passage of California Proposition 4. [27] 1912. Women in Arizona and Kansas earn the right to vote. [27] Women in Oregon earn the right to vote. [13] 1913

  6. 100 years of preserving Wyoming women's history -- meet the ...

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    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 ...

  7. History of Wyoming - Wikipedia

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    On December 10, 1869, Wyoming Territory granted women the right to vote, becoming the first future U.S. state to extend suffrage to women. Wyoming was also the home of many other firsts for U.S. women in politics. The first time women served on a jury was in Wyoming (Laramie in 1870).

  8. Timeline: The women's rights movement in the US - AOL

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    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 ...

  9. United States presidential elections in Wyoming - Wikipedia

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    Wyoming granted women the right to vote in 1869, prior to joining the Union, and was the first place in America to do so. This was a significant milestone for women's suffrage and paved the way for other states to follow suit. [2] As a state with a strong Republican tradition, Wyoming tends to favor the Republican Party in presidential elections.