Soon after the Civil War, women gained the right to vote in Wyoming — even before the territory became the 44th state. But over the past 130 years, the state has continued to, ever so slowly ...

Soon after the Civil War, women gained the right to vote in Wyoming — even before the territory became the 44th state. But over the past 130 years, the state has continued to, ever so slowly ...

The Wyoming Territory was formed on this day in history, July 25, 1868. It also became the first area of the U.S. to grant women the right to vote, decades before the rest of the world.

Wyoming territory legislators passed and signed a bill into law allowing women the right to vote on this day in history, Dec. 10, 1869. Wyoming led the nation in doing so.

On Dec. 10, 1869, John Campbell, governor of the Wyoming Territory, approved the first law in U.S. history explicitly granting women the right to vote. Commemorated in later years as ...

But Wyoming’s recent election history suggests that The Associated Press should be able to determine who won in all but the closest races by Wednesday, said Stephen Ohlemacher, ...