2006
DOI: 10.1353/crv.2006.0027
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"More Than She Deserves": Woman Suffrage Memorials in the "Equality State"

Abstract: How is it that the first significant victory in the history of the woman suffrage movement—the enfranchisement of women in Wyoming Territory in 1869—is also the most poorly remembered and understood? This article argues that the terms by which woman suffrage was deemed memorable in Wyoming were at odds with the historical material itself: Political women were frowned upon in Wyoming; hence memorials were erected to women who had played a relatively minor role in the movement, while the most active suffragists … Show more

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“…Celebrating Wyoming's status as the first state to give women the right to vote and the site of the first woman jury, Hebard promoted Wyoming as the birthplace of woman suffrage, depicting Wyoming as a leader for the nation to follow. Although Wyoming had passed woman suffrage, many citizens in Wyoming and other states disapproved of women voting and disparaged women voters as "mannish," "unsexed," and neglectful mothers (Lamont, 2006).…”
Section: Domesticating Wyoming Woman Suffragementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Celebrating Wyoming's status as the first state to give women the right to vote and the site of the first woman jury, Hebard promoted Wyoming as the birthplace of woman suffrage, depicting Wyoming as a leader for the nation to follow. Although Wyoming had passed woman suffrage, many citizens in Wyoming and other states disapproved of women voting and disparaged women voters as "mannish," "unsexed," and neglectful mothers (Lamont, 2006).…”
Section: Domesticating Wyoming Woman Suffragementioning
confidence: 99%