Posted on 09/06/2010 8:21:40 AM PDT by Michael Zak
On this day in 1870, in Wyoming territory, women voted for the first time anywhere in the United States [pictured]. The suffrage bill had been signed into law earlier that year by the Republican governor, John Campbell. Appointed by a Republican president, Ulysses Grant, Campbell would later serve as Assistant Secretary of State in the Grant administration.
The first woman to cast her ballot was Louisa Ann Swain, of Laramie.
I’m sure this is not on Boehner’s talking points list.
Territory of Utah granted women the right to vote on February 14, 1869.
IIRC, Utah’s women’s suffrage law was passed in 1870.
A dark day for America.
Thanks a LOT MR. Campbell. The womens’ vote you were so instrumental in creating gave us Hussein in 2008!!
And we've been suffrin' ever since...
As I understand, the first vote was in the 1870’s. It was signed on 2/14/1869.
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