The Wyoming Territory was formed on this day in history, July 25, 1868. It also became the first area of the U.S. to grant women the right to vote, decades before the rest of the world.

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.

Soon after the Civil War, women gained the right to vote in Wyoming — even before the territory became the 44th state. But over the past 130 years, the state has continued to, ever so slowly ...

Since Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray asked a federal court to toss a lawsuit filed against him, the League of Women ...

This sparsely populated Wild West frontier effectively kick-started women's suffrage by granting women the right to vote before they could elsewhere in the US. On 6 September 1870, Louisa Ann ...

As Wyoming turns 125, it reflects on its historic role as the first state to allow women to vote and its journey to statehood ...

Soon after the Civil War, women gained the right to vote in Wyoming — even before the territory became the 44th state. But over the past 130 years, the state has continued to, ever so slowly ...

Dec. 3—Forget any preconceived notions about women's suffrage in Wyoming — Casper-based historian Kylie McCormick is visiting Cheyenne to set the record straight. And there's a chance that ...

WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN WYOMING.; HOW EXPERIENCE OF ITS WORKINGS HAS CHANGED THE OPINIONS OF A FORMER ADVOCATE. Share full article. April 8, 1884. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN WYOMING. Share full article. JAMES McNEILL, Feb. 23, 1900; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from February 23, 1900, Page 6 Buy Reprints.

Soon after the Civil War, women gained the right to vote in Wyoming — even before the territory became the 44th state. But over the past 130 years, the state has continued to, ever so slowly ...

Therefore, to a large extent, the women's suffrage movement in Wyoming was a reaction to Black enfranchisement, said McCormick. Regardless of the reasons, Wyoming's 1869 Suffrage Act gave rise to ...