Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today as part of our national celebration of the 100th anniversary of U.S. women's suffrage. Now, 100 years ago today, on June 4, 1919, Congress passed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution giving women the right to vote. This hard-fought legislative victory would ensure women's full participation in our democracy. On August 18 of 1920, women's suffrage became U.S. law. Now, some of the people watching may not know that Wyoming was actually more than 50 years ahead of the Nation when it came to women voting. That is a fact. This year, people back home in Wyoming are celebrating both the 100th anniversary of the U.S. women's right to vote and the 150th anniversary of Wyoming women's right to vote. Wyoming truly is the Nation's trailblazer when it comes to women's equality. Many people think of Wyoming as the Cowboy State, and that name honors our State's great western heritage, but Wyoming is also known as the Equality State--the first State in the Nation to grant women the right to vote, long before statehood, actually, because, on December 10, 1869, the Wyoming territory passed the first law in the United States granting women the right to vote and to hold public office. The law meant full civil and judicial equality with men. The following year, on September 6, 1870, Louisa Ann Swain, of Laramie, WY, became the first woman in the United States--in the history of the entire country--to vote in a general election.…”