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Jul 19, 2022 · The state of Wyoming evolved out of the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862, which called for the construction of a railroad to connect the eastern and western United States. By July 1867, settlers were already arriving, and Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, chief engineer of the Union Pacific, began the survey for a city at Cheyenne, which would become the ...
Aug 22, 2019 · This frontier territory led the charge for women’s rights and it was the first in the country to not only grant women the right to vote, but also allow women to serve on a jury, have a suffragist elected to the legislature, and elect the country’s first female governor. Nicknamed the "Equality State," Wyoming has a long history of ...
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Wyoming is also known as the "Equality State" because of the rights women have traditionally enjoyed here. Wyoming women were the first in the nation to vote, serve on juries and hold public office. In 1869, Wyoming's territorial legislature became the first government in the world to grant "female suffrage" by enacting a bill granting Wyoming ...
Jul 29, 2019 · The amendment reads as follows: Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the ...
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Barron, Joan. Email to author. Oct. 23, 2019.Casper Star-Tribune. Articles and letters to the editor, Dec. 2, 12, 1972, Jan. 1, 5, 6, 10, 14-18, 20, 21, 23-29, 31, 1973, Feb. 3, 4, 11, 18, 23, 1973. Newspapers.com. Database available to patro...Hathaway, Stanley K. “Message to the Forty-Second Wyoming Legislature.” Jan. 10, 1973. Cheyenne, Wyo.: Legislative Service Office, House Journal 1973, 486-503. Wyoming State Archives, Cheyenne, Wyo.“Equal Rights Amendment.” Alice Paul Institute, accessed Oct. 29, 2019 at https://www.equalrightsamendment.org.“Equal Rights Amendment.” Wikipedia, accessed Oct. 29, 2019 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment.Thoet, Alison. “Equal Rights Amendment Edges Closer to Reality.” PBS News Hour, Nov. 22, 2019, accessed Nov. 23, 2019 at https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/equal-rights-amendment-edges-closer-to...Wyoming State Archives. “Wyoming and the Equal Rights Amendment.” July 29, 2019. WyoHistory.org, accessed Oct. 29, 2019 at /encyclopedia/wyoming-and-equal-rights-amendment.“The 19th Amendment And The Women’s Suffrage Movement.” Parker/Waichman LLP, accessed Jan. 6, 2021 at https://www.yourlawyer.com/library/19th-amendment-womens-suffrage-movement/. A Web page packed with information and useful links.
The three photos are from Wyoming State Archives, with special thanks to staffer Suzi Taylor for locating them.The anti-ERA ad ran on p. 11 of the Casper Star-Tribune Jan. 14, 1973. Located with the help of Newspapers.com and the reference desk at the Natrona County Library. Used with thanks.Aug 6, 2020 · That is why Wyoming became the Equality State. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is courtesy of the Louisa Swain Foundation, publisher of “The View From Thunderhead” by Ray Hunkins. This piece is the first chapter of that book which is a project of the Foundation in celebration of the 150 th anniversary of the world’s first woman voter.
Nov 10, 2020 · In this episode, Ruby Hanson and Erica Unger examine two aspects of equality in Wyoming. Erica Unger, a ten-year-old from Douglas, Wyoming starts this episode with an interview with Christina Bird. Erica asks questions about suffrage in Wyoming in the 19 th Century and about Nellie Tayloe Ross. Ross was the first woman governor of Wyoming and ...
