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Wyoming was the first state to allow women the right to vote (not counting New Jersey, which had allowed it until 1807), and the right to assume elected office, as well as the first state to elect a female governor. In honor of this part of its history, its most common nickname is "The Equality State" and its official state motto is "Equal Rights".
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Nickname: The Equality State Cowboy State: The Equality State Cowboy State: 1890 1974 Seal: Great Seal of the State of Wyoming: 1869 Slogan: Like No Place on Earth ...
Wyoming: The Equality State Wyoming is called "The Equality State" because it was the first state to grant women the right to vote in 1869, which was certainly something to be commemorated.
The nickname became official in 1995 thanks to Rep. Dennis Young, who introduced legislation citing the state's various rivers, streams, lakes, bayous, mountains, and wildlife.
Every state has its own unique symbols, like state animal, state flower, and state motto. The U.S. Government Publishing Office recognizes the following demonyms as the official nicknames for ...
Bay Stater (official term used by state government) and Citizen of the Commonwealth (identifier used in state law) [31] Massachusettsian, [32] Massachusite, [33] [34] Masshole (derogatory [35] as an exonym; however, it can be affectionate when applied as an endonym [36]) Michigan: Michiganian
An enlargeable map of the state of Wyoming. Names Common name: Wyoming. Pronunciation: / w aɪ ˈ oʊ m ɪ ŋ / ⓘ Official name: State of Wyoming; Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: WY; ISO 3166-2 code: US-WY; Internet second-level domain: .wy.us; Nicknames Cowboy State; Equality State; Park State; Forever West (On highway welcome ...