What if Wyoming were really the Equality State?

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The Great Seal of the State of Wyoming pictures in its center a draped female figure reminiscent of Lady Justice holding a staff flying a banner with the words “Equal Rights.” In 1935, the Legislature officially designated Wyoming as “The Equality State.” The motto institutionalized the long time nickname based on the fact that Wyoming was both the first territory and the first state to grant women the right to vote. Wyoming was the first state in which a woman served as governor and the first state in which a woman served as a justice of the peace. Wyoming was the first state in which women served on juries and the first with a woman court bailiff