Wyoming's Bold Voting Demand

Wyoming's Bold Voting Demand

During the process of becoming a US state in 1890, Wyoming demanded the right for women to vote. The US Congress denied this request. The state replied by saying that they'd "remain out of the Union one hundred years rather than come in without the women."

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