An Act to Grant to the Women of Wyoming Territory the Right of Suffrage and to Hold Office
An Act to Grant to the Women of Wyoming Territory the Right of Suffrage, and to Hold Office.
Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming:
Sec. 1. That every woman of the age of twenty-once years, residing in this territory, may, at every election to be holden under the laws thereof, cast her vote. And her rights to the elective franchise and to hold office shall be the same under the election laws of the territory, as those of electors.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, December 10th 1869.
- Title
- An Act to Grant to the Women of Wyoming Territory the Right of Suffrage and to Hold Office
- Description
- Wyoming was the first state to grant women suffrage rights. This act was the first in the world to grant women the right to vote and access to holding public office. It came 50 years before the 19th Amendment that guaranteed women's suffrage to the entire United States. Wyoming was the first of 15 states to grant women suffrage rights prior to the passage of the 19th Amendment.
- Date
- 1869-12-10
- Subject
- Women
- Document Type
- Legal Code
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Bluebook Citation
- Act of Dec. 10, 1869, ch. 31, 1869 Gen. Laws of Wyo. Terr. 371
- Bibliographic Citation
- An Act to Grant to the Women of Wyoming Territory the Right of Suffrage and to Hold Office. Cheyenne: S. Allan Bristol, Public Printer, Tribune Office, 1870.
- Digital Repository
- Library of Congress
- Title
- An Act to Grant to the Women of Wyoming Territory the Right of Suffrage and to Hold Office
- Description
- Wyoming was the first state to grant women suffrage rights. This act was the first in the world to grant women the right to vote and access to holding public office. It came 50 years before the 19th Amendment that guaranteed women's suffrage to the entire United States. Wyoming was the first of 15 states to grant women suffrage rights prior to the passage of the 19th Amendment.
- Date
- 1869-12-10
- Subject
- Women
- Document Type
- Legal Code
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Bluebook Citation
- Act of Dec. 10, 1869, ch. 31, 1869 Gen. Laws of Wyo. Terr. 371
- Bibliographic Citation
- An Act to Grant to the Women of Wyoming Territory the Right of Suffrage and to Hold Office. Cheyenne: S. Allan Bristol, Public Printer, Tribune Office, 1870.
- Digital Repository
- Library of Congress