On this day in history, Dec. 10, 1869, Wyoming is first territory to grant women the right to vote

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Wyoming territory legislators passed and signed a bill into law allowing women the right to vote on this day in history, Dec. 10, 1869. Wyoming led the nation in doing so.

In the state of Wyoming specifically, men were also motivated by loneliness.

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, AUGUST 18, 1920, THE 19TH AMENDMENT IS RATIFIED, GRANTING WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTEOther suffrage movement leaders — such as territorial legislator William Bright — did have more respectable intentions, according to History.com. Hon. J. A. Campbell, between 1860 and 1875 — politician, soldier, lieutenant colonel in the Union Army, governor of the Wyoming Territory., was appointed governor by President Ulysses S. Grant.

 

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That was the first mistake. Don’t tell my wife I posted this.

153 years later and we don't what a woman is...progress.

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