My Mother was a taciturn woman and rarely spoke her mind in public or in private. However, when she did speak, everyone around stopped to listen to whatever she had to say. This always struck me as a sign of inner strength and I tried my best as a youngster to emulate my Mother's style of quiet strength. She poo-pooed all the regular "woman" stuff like make-up and perfume and preferred her bluejeans to dresses/skirts. Her favorite passtime: Rallye racing her '64 4-speed turbo Corvair and I got to be her co-pilot/navigator quite often, because I was the youngest and still needed supervision, so I got the job by default. Great times in that Corvair and now I drive my own '65 convertible Corvair and I always feel like Mom's right there next to me enjoying the ride. My Mother would have approved of this video. Miss you, Mom.
I almost stayed in Wyoming when I got out of the Air Force, I loved it there. But, I had to come home and take care of my parents, who were both sick. Wyoming is a great place full of great people. The picture at 12.08 was taken at Fort D. A. Russell, now Francis E. Warren AFB...those houses are still there...
My wife and I, with our two daughters, went on a vacation in mid-1978, traveling through Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and, finally, back to Lubbock, Texas, where we lived at the time. It was only a two-week vacation, so we couldn't spend much time in any one state, but I remember being most impressed by the people of Wyoming. Oh, there were other states with beautiful mountains, great hunting and fishing and all the things one notices about a place when you're just passing through, but we were most impressed by the friendly welcome we received from the people here in Wyoming. We didn't get the usual "side glances" and "hard looks" that an interracial couple got in those days. Needless to say, we moved to Wyoming later that year and have been in love with our home state ever since. It's a tough land that can demand a lot from you, but well worth whatever sacrifices it takes to stay here. It's the only place we've ever lived that, when we cross the state line after visiting another state, you know you're home! May our Lord continue to bless our home state!
Have been a life-long resident of Wyoming, worked in the Capitol for Secretary of State in the 60's and did not know this story. Although always a rancher and having the same work to do as men, I will always appreciate greatly being treated with courtesy, having doors opened for me, etc., as I've been about as "liberated" as I can handle! Thank you for a very interesting episode! :-)
I'm 4th generation Wyoming native. As far back as I can remember the state has a strong matriarchal streak. When when I was 14 my family moved to Connecticut an enlightened northeastern state. I found the attitudes towards women there were very different and somewhat sexist. So what Wyoming started in the 1870s really has carried over even today. We have women business owners galore as well as public servants. And people in Wyoming do take pride in it -both men and women. Growing up to me it just always seemed natural. When to move back to Wyoming when I was 28 I was glad to be back in the state that Cady Stanton said was the most progressive place in the United States. In fact after taking a train trip to Wyoming she said women should all move to Wyoming to enjoy freedom.
Yep, the types of people in Wyoming(and across the Midwest) are the future of America. Not the hoity-toity better than you, self righteous Liberals on the East and West coasts.
Thank you for that very enjoyable episode. My great grand uncle was very proud to have been one of the 8,000 to vote for Wyoming statehood. At the time, he was a sheepherder in the Lost Cabin area (still one of the most remote areas of Wyo) and had to travel to Casper to cast his vote - about 3 or 4 days by buggy.
William Bright's advocacy for woman's sufferage, *_"We will have shown our liberality and have lost nothing."_* shows just how much the meaning of language can change. 😜 Marvelous episode! I never agreed with you that all good stories begin with pirates but, rather, all your best episodes feature wonderful characters 😉
Lots of my friends and relatives live in Wyoming. Great people! A lady rancher I knew from the very old Springsteen family was never seen without a pretty dress on. But she was a tough and savvy rancher, the equal of any man. It’s a Wyoming tradition. 😊
When I look at the states and territories that allowed women to vote before the 19th Amendment, they were almost all on the west coast or in the intermountain west. My hypothesis is that the men of the territories understood that life in the wilds was hard, and a couple couldn't make it if the woman was a delicate flower who couldn't pull her own weight. I can't help but think that played a role in giving women the right to vote.
Another great episode! With April fools coming up soon, it would be nice to have a video of histories forgotten pranks. The story of the Cardiff (NY) Giant comes to mind. That happened right down the road from my farm!
Enid Oklahoma had a liars convention around 1900 that was a joke involving a lot of the town's most influential men, started with a "dying soldier", nearly empty discarded beer bottle (empties were referred to as dead soldiers).
When someone suggested treating other people badly, my father used to quietly interrupt, "Aren't they people? Don't they bleed the same blood we do? Then treat them like people, not like animals!" He grew up in the Deep South seeing blacks treated like crap, then joined the Navy and worked alongside people of all types for his whole life. Taught me to respect and treat women well, and never see them as 'less than a man' like some men STILL do.
In this period there were Broom Brigades in communities throughout the country, as well as real, armed, military companies of women at Land Grant Colleges.
I still haven't figured out how it is that when driving east across Wyoming on I-80 the wind seems to blow from the east & when driving west it seems come from the west. 😁😄😁
@@garyshearer895 You are obviously much younger than me. When I was kid we walked to school and it was uphill both ways and the wind was always in your face.
As a father of an amazing young woman on the day of her 17th birthday, I must say , I love the message in this important piece of American history! Thanks to The History Guy and Woman!!!
In a serious note, I would be more afraid of a woman wailing a broom than a someone pointing a gun at me. I have personally witnessed the deadly precision of a woman wailing a broom at a man who tried to be fresh to her. Don't go there!😎
I loved seeing this. I belonged to an all girl drill team back in the mid 80s for a few years when I was in my teens. We marched & did all kinds of maneuvers with very real looking fake rifles, led by several girls that carried our banner, American flag, & our team flag. They did maneuvers with the flags as well. Our name was the Black Widows, & we wore black uniforms with red trim, & a big spider in the middle of our backs, lol. We were so cool (or so we thought, lol). Our outfits & equipment were really modern for the times, & that made our local high school band's drill team absolutely hate us 😂. We were not a school sponsored organization, so we had more freedom as to what we wore & the kinds of routines we did. It got started by some local business owners who's kids got kicked out of, or just didn't get onto the school's team. We had more money for uniforms & equipment too, as these parents had deep pockets. It was hard work learning new routines all the time, but also very fun, as we got to travel for parades & exhibitions. We were very proud of the awards we won. That all died off in the early 90s... lack of interest once everyone graduated, I suppose. I have fond memories of those days.😊
The Longmire TV series was good and had some nice Wyoming touches but was filmed in Northern New Mexico. His cabin site was in the Jemez Mountains west of Los Alamos and the town scenes were filmed in Las Vegas, NM. While the show was good the books are much better.
Enjoyed the presentation and the dry wit. The point was skillfully made that, at the time, there were not enough voters to qualify for Statehood. Politics has often been an expedient of one sort or another. One might reasonably wonder if there were significant advantages of being a State? I have heard that there had been in the subsequent State of Wyoming that there was a popular movement, a somewhat popular movement afoot, to succeed from the Union.
Thanks for this! More evidence that the great arc of human progress is beautiful and unpredictable. It’s driven by forces of chaos and grace, serious dedication and whimsy. Thank you to Wyoming for providing all of these.
The Girl Guard returned while I was still in the Wyoming Army Guard. Many of the members were also in the National Guard. One thing I heard was that one reason for equal sufferage came in the effort to have enough qualified voters in the state to qualify for statehood. I don't know the accuracy of that, but it makes some sense.
I have never seen Wyoming but my father went to school there and it holds a special place in my heart it’s good to know a little bit more about history
I don't know about anyone else, but I find spotting what THG has changed on the shelves over his right shoulder, and the picture over his left, almost as entertaining as the stories he's telling.
I used to hoist a few beers, with an elderly guy, who claimed his mother (!) Was in an all female Russian guard battalion that defended the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg. She fled the country after the Palace was over run in the Revolution, in 1917! He passed away in the eighties.
An interesting Wyoming history factoid: The Wyoming state flag which features a buffalo was originally designed with the buffalo facing the other way, with its head facing away from the flag pole. Then, someone pointed out that buffalo stand with their heads into the wind (hence all the wool on their front quarters) and cattle stand with their hind quarters into the wind. Once that had been pointed out the design was revised and today when ever the Wyoming state flag is flown the buffalo faces into the wind. (Of which there is a lot in Wyoming).
And here sit I, a confirmed disliker (hater sounds a little too strong) of history listening to everything the History Guy has to share!! Thank you for another enjoyable bite of history! “Sometimes do it better!” Excellent observation!
Regardless of the shady beginnings of women's suffrage, the fact that this passed and was also then kept in Wyoming shows that there ARE people who have a sense of honor and DO "put their money where their mouth is". Makes me feel better about humans as a group than most things they do....
Another piece of the puzzle was that the campaign for statehood needed funding and the only people with ready cash to fund it and some of the richest & most powerful citizens in Wyoming were the madams owning the brothels (and in some cases the women working for them). They said they would pay for the campaign so long as their right to vote was extended into statehood.
I, Andrew Boniface, and my girlfriend Jennifer Wolff watched this. I brought me to tears and Jennifer was moved to pride in her feminist mother, and her early commitment to feminism.
It’s the Hollywoodized story of Wyoming having the right of women’s voting. “The Ballad of Josie” , staring Doris Day& Peter Graves. It’s a fun movie to watch and based in fact as long as you keep “tongue in cheek”.
Extremely interesting but my ears really picked up when you said the battle South Mountain. You also might want to look into the repatriation act of the stamp act in Frederick Maryland.
Brooms after the Great Sioux Uprising in MN ? Where New Ulm women defended the homefront, they dressed up in their mens clothes as they were at war and kept the Natives at bay though outnumbered and un"manned." I have a friend whos relative went AWOL from the war (hanging offense) from the MN Rifles and once he squared away the family and buried the dead reupped with the WI Rifles and received a double pension.
Back when places wanted to actually be states...now I see more places talking about susesition...even here in Pima county Arizona theirs talk of forming a state the country named "Baja Arizona"
You may also want to research and report on the claim that in Utah when women’s voting rights were restored, women there voted fist since there was an election held before Wyoming women had a chance to cast a ballot. Note that women in Utah had been given the right to vote and then had that right rescinded because they overwhelmingly supported the religious leaders in Utah.
I knew that Wyoming enfranchised women first, but had to look that up... And it's absolutely true! Utah granted women the right vote in 1870 (vs 1869 for WY) and they voted in 2 elections before WY held an election. -That their right was rescinded because of how they voted & for whom shows that casting a ballot against your own self-interest isn't as uniquely modern as I'd thought as well.- Going to read more about how that came to pass... Edited to add: It was the Edmunds-Tucker Act to ban polygamy (among other provisions) that disenfranchised women in Utah. Yes, there were many women who supported plural marriage and lobbied to keep it, but there were also many who didn't, or who didn't choose that life for themselves...like Seraph Young, grand niece of Brigham Young, who married only once. Revoking their right to vote seems like petty revenge or at least punishment for the vocal women who supported the practice (punishing all Utah women in the process). One of the most vociferous & intelligent suffragettes was Emmeline B. (Harris) Wells, a plural wife at one point in her life (another fact I didn't know until today!) & seemed to love Whitney very much... I don't have any skin in this game & I know plural marriage has PLENTY of issues (no consent, age gap, underage) but to include disenfranchisement in the act really rubs me wrong.
Kudos...but wooden rifles? I marched in the 4th of July parade in New York City in 1981. We marched behind a high school drill company. They had balsa wood replicas of an 03 Springfield. We have military issue M-14s. They had a lot of flashy maneuvers but with our weapons in their hands....they couldn't do it. Go Navy!
My Mother was a taciturn woman and rarely spoke her mind in public or in private. However, when she did speak, everyone around stopped to listen to whatever she had to say. This always struck me as a sign of inner strength and I tried my best as a youngster to emulate my Mother's style of quiet strength. She poo-pooed all the regular "woman" stuff like make-up and perfume and preferred her bluejeans to dresses/skirts. Her favorite passtime: Rallye racing her '64 4-speed turbo Corvair and I got to be her co-pilot/navigator quite often, because I was the youngest and still needed supervision, so I got the job by default. Great times in that Corvair and now I drive my own '65 convertible Corvair and I always feel like Mom's right there next to me enjoying the ride. My Mother would have approved of this video. Miss you, Mom.
She sounds like a fun and extraordinary woman! The kind you would give thanks to God for blessing you with!!
I almost stayed in Wyoming when I got out of the Air Force, I loved it there. But, I had to come home and take care of my parents, who were both sick. Wyoming is a great place full of great people. The picture at 12.08 was taken at Fort D. A. Russell, now Francis E. Warren AFB...those houses are still there...
My wife and I, with our two daughters, went on a vacation in mid-1978, traveling through Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and, finally, back to Lubbock, Texas, where we lived at the time. It was only a two-week vacation, so we couldn't spend much time in any one state, but I remember being most impressed by the people of Wyoming. Oh, there were other states with beautiful mountains, great hunting and fishing and all the things one notices about a place when you're just passing through, but we were most impressed by the friendly welcome we received from the people here in Wyoming. We didn't get the usual "side glances" and "hard looks" that an interracial couple got in those days. Needless to say, we moved to Wyoming later that year and have been in love with our home state ever since. It's a tough land that can demand a lot from you, but well worth whatever sacrifices it takes to stay here. It's the only place we've ever lived that, when we cross the state line after visiting another state, you know you're home! May our Lord continue to bless our home state!
Have been a life-long resident of Wyoming, worked in the Capitol for Secretary of State in the 60's and did not know this story. Although always a rancher and having the same work to do as men, I will always appreciate greatly being treated with courtesy, having doors opened for me, etc., as I've been about as "liberated" as I can handle! Thank you for a very interesting episode! :-)
I'm 4th generation Wyoming native. As far back as I can remember the state has a strong matriarchal streak. When when I was 14 my family moved to Connecticut an enlightened northeastern state. I found the attitudes towards women there were very different and somewhat sexist. So what Wyoming started in the 1870s really has carried over even today. We have women business owners galore as well as public servants. And people in Wyoming do take pride in it -both men and women. Growing up to me it just always seemed natural. When to move back to Wyoming when I was 28 I was glad to be back in the state that Cady Stanton said was the most progressive place in the United States. In fact after taking a train trip to Wyoming she said women should all move to Wyoming to enjoy freedom.
Yep, the types of people in Wyoming(and across the Midwest) are the future of America. Not the hoity-toity better than you, self righteous Liberals on the East and West coasts.
Thank you for that very enjoyable episode. My great grand uncle was very proud to have been one of the 8,000 to vote for Wyoming statehood. At the time, he was a sheepherder in the Lost Cabin area (still one of the most remote areas of Wyo) and had to travel to Casper to cast his vote - about 3 or 4 days by buggy.
An excellent video on all fronts. Go Wyoming!!
Great episode. I'm proud to be a Wyoming citizen, and a possessor of such a great heritage. Much credit to our forebears!!
William Bright's advocacy for woman's sufferage, *_"We will have shown our liberality and have lost nothing."_* shows just how much the meaning of language can change. 😜 Marvelous episode! I never agreed with you that all good stories begin with pirates but, rather, all your best episodes feature wonderful characters 😉
Lots of my friends and relatives live in Wyoming. Great people! A lady rancher I knew from the very old Springsteen family was never seen without a pretty dress on. But she was a tough and savvy rancher, the equal of any man. It’s a Wyoming tradition. 😊
When I look at the states and territories that allowed women to vote before the 19th Amendment, they were almost all on the west coast or in the intermountain west. My hypothesis is that the men of the territories understood that life in the wilds was hard, and a couple couldn't make it if the woman was a delicate flower who couldn't pull her own weight. I can't help but think that played a role in giving women the right to vote.
The 19th Amendment was a mistake.
@@DudeInOhio85 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sounds like a reasonable hypothesis.
Another great episode! With April fools coming up soon, it would be nice to have a video of histories forgotten pranks. The story of the Cardiff (NY) Giant comes to mind. That happened right down the road from my farm!
How about the Panorama spaghetti harvest report.
Enid Oklahoma had a liars convention around 1900 that was a joke involving a lot of the town's most influential men, started with a "dying soldier", nearly empty discarded beer bottle (empties were referred to as dead soldiers).
History Guy you never disappoint!
When someone suggested treating other people badly, my father used to quietly interrupt, "Aren't they people? Don't they bleed the same blood we do? Then treat them like people, not like animals!" He grew up in the Deep South seeing blacks treated like crap, then joined the Navy and worked alongside people of all types for his whole life. Taught me to respect and treat women well, and never see them as 'less than a man' like some men STILL do.
As a Wyomingite, I approve this message!
A nice feel good story, quite what is needed during this uncertain time.
In this period there were Broom Brigades in communities throughout the country, as well as real, armed, military companies of women at Land Grant Colleges.
Sign on US287 on the CO-WY state line: "Wyoming Wind Festival! Jan 1 through Dec 31 every year."
I've only visited the NPS properties plus a couple other scenic areas in Wyoming - in all 4 seasons - but omg isn't this truth in advertising?!
I still haven't figured out how it is that when driving east across Wyoming on I-80 the wind seems to blow from the east & when driving west it seems come from the west. 😁😄😁
@@garyshearer895 You are obviously much younger than me. When I was kid we walked to school and it was uphill both ways and the wind was always in your face.
@@rabbi120348 Carrying your little brother AND the horse.
@@georgem7965 "He ain't heavy, he's my brother!" ruclips.net/video/Jl5vi9ir49g/видео.html
I thoroughly enjoy EVERY episode of History Guy!
Thank you so much!
Nothing better than coffee and the History Guy in the morning!
I wonder how many of the members of Company K were good shots. Many Wyoming children grew up rural and shooting a gun from an early age.
As a father of an amazing young woman on the day of her 17th birthday, I must say , I love the message in this important piece of American history! Thanks to The History Guy and Woman!!!
I'm proud of my home state! Thank you for sharing this interesting story and teaching me about a place I've spent most of my life.
In a serious note, I would be more afraid of a woman wailing a broom than a someone pointing a gun at me. I have personally witnessed the deadly precision of a woman wailing a broom at a man who tried to be fresh to her. Don't go there!😎
Great to watch something about my state as I enjoy a snow day here in Cheyenne.
I loved seeing this. I belonged to an all girl drill team back in the mid 80s for a few years when I was in my teens. We marched & did all kinds of maneuvers with very real looking fake rifles, led by several girls that carried our banner, American flag, & our team flag. They did maneuvers with the flags as well. Our name was the Black Widows, & we wore black uniforms with red trim, & a big spider in the middle of our backs, lol. We were so cool (or so we thought, lol). Our outfits & equipment were really modern for the times, & that made our local high school band's drill team absolutely hate us 😂. We were not a school sponsored organization, so we had more freedom as to what we wore & the kinds of routines we did. It got started by some local business owners who's kids got kicked out of, or just didn't get onto the school's team. We had more money for uniforms & equipment too, as these parents had deep pockets. It was hard work learning new routines all the time, but also very fun, as we got to travel for parades & exhibitions. We were very proud of the awards we won. That all died off in the early 90s... lack of interest once everyone graduated, I suppose. I have fond memories of those days.😊
Many firsts for us in Wyoming.
Thanks for the history lesson about my home.
I saw the exhibit on Company K in the Wyoming National Guard Museum and I immediately fell in love with all of them.
There are a lot of Ukrainian women fighting for their country's survival at this moment. 👍
Strong Hearts 💕 these amazing women from Wyoming 💕
Good job as always giving context to something that could just be seen as a historical novelty
Today's dose of history was finding out who F. E. Warren AFB in Cheyenne (formerly Fort D. A. Russell) was named after. TY THG.
Now I will appreciate the TV show Longmier even more .
The Longmire TV series was good and had some nice Wyoming touches but was filmed in Northern New Mexico. His cabin site was in the Jemez Mountains west of Los Alamos and the town scenes were filmed in Las Vegas, NM. While the show was good the books are much better.
A great story! Thanks, History Guy.
As a retired member of our Armed Forces, and female, I thank you for this great video 💜
Enjoyed the presentation and the dry wit. The point was skillfully made that, at the time, there were not enough voters to qualify for Statehood. Politics has often been an expedient of one sort or another. One might reasonably wonder if there were significant advantages of being a State? I have heard that there had been in the subsequent State of Wyoming that there was a popular movement, a somewhat popular movement afoot, to succeed from the Union.
I've always marveled at how firsts in woman's rights can from the midwest/ western states and provinces.
This is a story that more people need to hear. Bravo!
Some cool history from my home state I didn’t know! Was born in Cody, but grew up in Alaska. Great video!
Great stuff. Never had heard of them without you. Cheers HG
Thanks for this! More evidence that the great arc of human progress is beautiful and unpredictable. It’s driven by forces of chaos and grace, serious dedication and whimsy. Thank you to Wyoming for providing all of these.
Hi enjoy the mini historic stories thank you for sharing 🕷 love from Mississippi USA 🇺🇸
The Girl Guard returned while I was still in the Wyoming Army Guard. Many of the members were also in the National Guard. One thing I heard was that one reason for equal sufferage came in the effort to have enough qualified voters in the state to qualify for statehood. I don't know the accuracy of that, but it makes some sense.
Thanks to the THG🎀👀👍
I live in Wyoming, and my wife reminds me that we are not equal.😅
I have never seen Wyoming but my father went to school there and it holds a special place in my heart it’s good to know a little bit more about history
Wyoming is a great state.
I don't know about anyone else, but I find spotting what THG has changed on the shelves over his right shoulder, and the picture over his left, almost as entertaining as the stories he's telling.
I used to hoist a few beers, with an elderly guy, who claimed his mother (!) Was in an all female Russian guard battalion that defended the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg. She fled the country after the Palace was over run in the Revolution, in 1917! He passed away in the eighties.
A great start to the morning. Thanks!
Very nice! I thought I was up on my state's history, but had not heard this story.
You go, girls! Girl Power!!!
An interesting Wyoming history factoid: The Wyoming state flag which features a buffalo was originally designed with the buffalo facing the other way, with its head facing away from the flag pole. Then, someone pointed out that buffalo stand with their heads into the wind (hence all the wool on their front quarters) and cattle stand with their hind quarters into the wind. Once that had been pointed out the design was revised and today when ever the Wyoming state flag is flown the buffalo faces into the wind. (Of which there is a lot in Wyoming).
What a wonderful story this shows how things should be done in the rights of women =)
It's called equal Rights for everyone. Or it's prejudice to someone else.
Who would've thought that Wyoming would have some very interesting history?
Great to hear this tale.
Indeed, and one is that of my great grandfather sentencing Butch Cassidy. I am reading Jesse Knight`s copy of Ben Hur right now.
My OCD keeps trying to reach through the screen and remove that loose thread on your right shoulder. The content was wonderful, though. :-)
GREETINGS TO YOU FROM EASTERN EUROPE UKRAINE .KIEV. YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. I WANT TO LIVE IN WYOMING. VICTOR IS 48 YEARS OLD
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Thank you History Guy.
Awesome story.
And here sit I, a confirmed disliker (hater sounds a little too strong) of history listening to everything the History Guy has to share!! Thank you for another enjoyable bite of history! “Sometimes do it better!” Excellent observation!
Love watching your videos
Brilliant. Worth hearing about.
don't forget the winds of Wyoming.🌬
I wonder if Cheyenne is still only a”temporary capital.”
Regardless of the shady beginnings of women's suffrage, the fact that this passed and was also then kept in Wyoming shows that there ARE people who have a sense of honor and DO "put their money where their mouth is". Makes me feel better about humans as a group than most things they do....
Thank you, shared!
Terry’s son here… “IT’S OVER 9,000!!!”
Fantastic story
Another piece of the puzzle was that the campaign for statehood needed funding and the only people with ready cash to fund it and some of the richest & most powerful citizens in Wyoming were the madams owning the brothels (and in some cases the women working for them). They said they would pay for the campaign so long as their right to vote was extended into statehood.
I, Andrew Boniface, and my girlfriend Jennifer Wolff watched this. I brought me to tears and Jennifer was moved to pride in her feminist mother, and her early commitment to feminism.
Luv ya History Guy! Thank you sir
HAHA! Bamboozled again! fantastic!!
Seen the weird image with all the ladies in uniforms with brooms but had no idea that is was about.
Nice to have solved that one :)
I've been telling everyone I know about clap telegraph. Thanks Mr Geiger
Thank you again
absolutely fascinating‼️®™️ 👏👏
HISTORY GUY.... "icon"
Half my mother's sons live in Wyoming.
I Love History!
Bill Nye. Not the science guy. 🤣🤣🤣
Very awesome story THG
Greetings from Casper Wyoming!
It’s the Hollywoodized story of Wyoming having the right of women’s voting. “The Ballad of Josie” , staring Doris Day& Peter Graves. It’s a fun movie to watch and based in fact as long as you keep “tongue in cheek”.
Extremely interesting but my ears really picked up when you said the battle South Mountain. You also might want to look into the repatriation act of the stamp act in Frederick Maryland.
Well, now I know who my old junior high, Carey, was named for. I had never heard of this, before!
Brooms after the Great Sioux Uprising in MN ? Where New Ulm women defended the homefront, they dressed up in their mens clothes as they were at war and kept the Natives at bay though outnumbered and un"manned." I have a friend whos relative went AWOL from the war (hanging offense) from the MN Rifles and once he squared away the family and buried the dead reupped with the WI Rifles and received a double pension.
I used to live Rock Springs. Wyoming is awesome!
Learn something new every day !
Good job 👍
Truly remarkable,
Good morning THG
I am aboslutely DEAD about the jackelope reference but I though they were only indigenous to Arizona. Guess I learned something new! 🤣🤣🤣
South Texas has those pesky Jackolopes too
@@RetiredSailor60 I think Sonoran Jackelopes are very close relatives to the Rio Grande Jackelopes. LOL
The jackalope originated in Douglas, Wyoming! Allegedly. :)
@@corkycobon1481 😆 😅
Jackalopes were first discovered in the hills around what came to be Pecos ,Texas. I learned that over a few Pearl beers....in Pacos, Texas.
Respect..
People ahead of the times are true leaders.
Still love the music at the end.
Back when places wanted to actually be states...now I see more places talking about susesition...even here in Pima county Arizona theirs talk of forming a state the country named "Baja Arizona"
Thank you for the lesson.
No person of legal age and residency should be denied the right to vote.
Regardless of sex or ethnicity.
You may also want to research and report on the claim that in Utah when women’s voting rights were restored, women there voted fist since there was an election held before Wyoming women had a chance to cast a ballot. Note that women in Utah had been given the right to vote and then had that right rescinded because they overwhelmingly supported the religious leaders in Utah.
I knew that Wyoming enfranchised women first, but had to look that up... And it's absolutely true! Utah granted women the right vote in 1870 (vs 1869 for WY) and they voted in 2 elections before WY held an election.
-That their right was rescinded because of how they voted & for whom shows that casting a ballot against your own self-interest isn't as uniquely modern as I'd thought as well.-
Going to read more about how that came to pass...
Edited to add: It was the Edmunds-Tucker Act to ban polygamy (among other provisions) that disenfranchised women in Utah. Yes, there were many women who supported plural marriage and lobbied to keep it, but there were also many who didn't, or who didn't choose that life for themselves...like Seraph Young, grand niece of Brigham Young, who married only once.
Revoking their right to vote seems like petty revenge or at least punishment for the vocal women who supported the practice (punishing all Utah women in the process). One of the most vociferous & intelligent suffragettes was Emmeline B. (Harris) Wells, a plural wife at one point in her life (another fact I didn't know until today!) & seemed to love Whitney very much...
I don't have any skin in this game & I know plural marriage has PLENTY of issues (no consent, age gap, underage) but to include disenfranchisement in the act really rubs me wrong.
That is just way to cool. I did not know about any of this.
Kudos...but wooden rifles? I marched in the 4th of July parade in New York City in 1981. We marched behind a high school drill company. They had balsa wood replicas of an 03 Springfield. We have military issue M-14s. They had a lot of flashy maneuvers but with our weapons in their hands....they couldn't do it. Go Navy!
Governor signs the bill no one wanted.
Democrat Senator: "Whoops?"
Republican Senator: "Whoopsie!"
I was brought up to never underestimate the power and or ability of a woman.