Daily Archives for 10 December 2012


December 10: Wyoming Passes Women’s Suffrage

On December 10, 1869, the territory of Wyoming passed the first Women’s Suffrage Law. The bill was introduced by a man named William Bright. Many people treated the bill as a joke, but it quickly passed without much controversy. Suffrage had long been a part of Early American history. Abigail Adams wrote her husband, John […]