[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 10, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1572]
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   COMMEMORATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE IN WYOMING

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                            HON. LIZ CHENEY

                               of wyoming

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 10, 2019

  Ms. CHENEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commemorate and celebrate 
the 150th anniversary of women securing the right to vote in Wyoming.
  Today marks the 150th anniversary of Wyoming becoming the first in 
the nation to grant women the right to vote and hold elected office. 
Nicknamed the Equality State, Wyoming prides itself on being the first 
state to elect a female governor. Wyoming was the first state to 
appoint a woman to public office when Esther Hobart Morris--whose 
statue can be found here in the Capitol's Statuary Hall Collection--was 
appointed Justice of the Peace in Sweetwater County. Wyoming was 
invited to join the Union on the condition that women's suffrage was 
revoked, but in true Wyoming fashion our legislature refused, waiting 
until 1890 to become the 44th state. I am incredibly proud to call 
Wyoming home, and continue the tradition of women holding elected 
office in our state.
  Again, Madam Speaker, I want to celebrate the 150th anniversary of 
Women's Suffrage in Wyoming, and honor those Wyoming women who paved 
the way for women across the nation.

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