the following, which occurred on this day in 1869;
1869 Territorial Governor John Campbell signed a bill giving full suffrage and public rights to women in Wyoming. This was the first law passed in the US explicitly granting to women the franchise. The bill provided that: ""Every woman of the age of eighteen years residing in this territory, may, at every election cast her vote; and her right to the elective franchise and to hold office under the election laws of the territory shall be the same of electors." Gov. Campbell's comment, in signing the bill into law, was: "I have the honor to inform the Council that I have approved 'An act to grant to the Women of Wyoming Territory the right of Suffrage and to hold office.'"
the Casper Star Tribune has been running features in a separate edition on notable Wyoming Wyoming.
Additionally, the University of Wyoming has been giving a series of seminars of women's suffrage this semester as well.
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