First Women's Suffrage Movement

The tablet credits Governor John Campbell's approval, and the law needed him twice. The all-Democratic legislature may have sent him the bill partly to embarrass a Republican who had backed Black men's votes; he took several days and signed it on December 10, 1869. Two years later, with women voting and Republicans gaining, a new legislature passed a repeal. Campbell vetoed it on December 9, 1871, and on December 14 the attempt to override failed by a single vote. The Daughters' 1917 tablet was restored for the law's 150th anniversary.

What the plaque says

This tablet marks the site where the council of the first Territorial Legislature of Wyoming convened which legislature enacted the first woman suffrage law passed in the United States Approved by John Allen Campbell First Governor of Wyoming December 10, 1869 Placed by Cheyenne Chapter Daughters of The American Revolution 1917 In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the first women's suffrage bill signed into law on December 10, 1869 Restoration of the 1917 tablet by the Cheyenne Chapter, NSDAR December 10, 2019

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Wyoming State Capitol — 0.5 mi
  A sandstone capitol set to face the Union Pacific depot down one long street, its copper dome gilded in 1900 when the copper tarnished.
• Cheyenne Frontier Days — 1.9 mi
  A railroad agent's excursion scheme for a town with no crop to celebrate, which became a six-hour show in 1897 and the Daddy of 'em All.

More markers nearby

• The Cheyenne Opera House and Territorial Library — steps away
• St. Mark's Episcopal Church — steps away
• Durant Bell — 0.3 mi
• The Cheyenne-Ft. Laramie-Deadwood Trail — 0.4 mi