Letters To The Editor, Meeker, Opinion

Letter: Wyoming women were first to vote

In last week’s paper, you were misinformed in one of your columns. It was the column which mentioned women’s suffrage in the USA. It was reported that women gained the right to vote in the USA in 1920. Actually, Wyoming gave the right to vote to women in 1890. Here is a small excerpt: “In July 1890, the Territory of Wyoming, which allowed women to vote, was admitted as a state. Wyoming became the first…