Women's suffrage in Wyoming

Although the women’s suffrage movement began in Seneca Falls, New York, the first woman to vote in the United States cast her ballot in Wyoming. Before officially becoming a state, the territory of Wyoming passed the Wyoming Suffrage Act of 1869 which gave women over the age of 21 the right to vote and hold office.

The Great Disappointment

Reverend William Miller was born in Pittsfield, Massachussetts but moved to Poultney, Vermont at a young age. It was here in Poultney that Miller would create his following that by 1843 would be estimated to have around 50,000-100,000 people involved. While not every follower really beleived what Miller had to say about the end of the Earth being very near, most couldn't help but to listen out of curiosity. Even with technical limitations in the media, Miller's theories spread through out the United States far outside his home of Poultney, Vermont.

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Emmeline Pankhurst Birth Place

Emmeline Pankhurst was the founder of the WSPU foundation. A womens suffragette movement. She was born in Manchester and this was also the place where she would marry her husband, who was an advid supporter of the Suffragette movements. She would have many children with him and one of those children (Christabel Pankhurst) followed her mothers path and played a large role in the WSPU foundation with her mother. On many occasions, Emmeline would be arrested along with other group members, and then stage a hunger strike. She did this multiple times throught her time as the founder.

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