A Successful Experiment
Mar 01, 2020
3 minutes
by Sandra E. Guzzo
The “Wild West” took on new meaning in December 1869. That’s when the 22-member Wyoming Territory legislature became the first government in the world to give women the right to vote and to hold public office. How did such a measure pass on the American frontier, when the rest of the world viewed women’s suffrage as a highly contested issue?
Some Wyoming legislators believed that giving women the vote simply was the “right” thing
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