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Mike Enzi: “To the credit of that all male legislative body, they said, 'We'd rather not be a State,' and they waited a while longer…”

On the recordJune 18, 2012
To the credit of that all male legislative body, they said, 'We'd rather not be a State,' and they waited a while longer for statehood.
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Mike Enzi
Republican · Wyoming

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Senator Enzi recounts Wyoming's decision to delay statehood to preserve women's voting rights.

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