Wyoming.
It was more of an individual state, which was Wyoming.
Wyoming
Illinois
Although New Jersey allowed some women to vote between 1790 and 1807 (those with property), Wyoming was the first state to grant the general right to vote, through an act of the territorial legislature in 1869 that carried into statehood in 1890. The state of Colorado approved women's right to vote in 1893.
Nickname? It's nickname is the Equality State because it was the first to allow women the right to vote
Wyoming
Wyoming.
The Isle of Man. The first sovereign state to allow women to vote was New Zealand.
It was more of an individual state, which was Wyoming.
1880's
1880's
Mississippi
The official state nickname of Wyoming is "The Equality State".The Wyoming Territory (and later State) was one of the first places in the world to give women the vote. It was also the first State to elect a female Governor, with Nellie Taylor Ross being elected in 1924.
California
Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote. Thus the state motto is "The Equality State"
Wyoming