unt of sex. It
was signed by the Governor, the Secretary of State, the Auditor of
State, the State Superintendent of Instruction, the State engineer,
the Judges of the Supreme Court, the United States district attorney,
the United States surveyor general, the director and the observer of
the United States Weather Bureau, the mayor of Cheyenne and a long
list of editors, ministers, lawyers, physicians, bankers and the most
prominent women in the State. Mrs. Carey, who had the petition in
charge, wrote to Miss Anthony: "Thousands of names could be secured if
it were necessary."

Literally speaking the testimony from Wyoming in favor of woman
suffrage is limited only by the space for this chapter.[481]

In 1901 this joint resolution was passed:

WHEREAS, Wyoming was the first State to adopt woman suffrage,
which has been in operation since 1869 and was adopted in the
constitution of the State in 1890; during which time women have
exercised the privilege as generally as men, with the result that
better candidates have been elected for office, methods of
election purified, the character of legislation improved, civic
intelligence increased and womanhood developed to greater
usefulness by political responsibility; therefore,

_Resolved_, By the House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring, That, in view of these results, the enfranchisement
of women in every State and Territory of the American Union is
hereby recommended as a measure tending to the advancement of a
higher and better social order;

_Resolved_, That an authenticated copy of these resolutions be
forwarded by the Governor of the State to the Legislature of
every State and Territory, and that the press be requested to
call public attention to these resolutions.

EDWARD W. STONE, _President of the Senate_.
J. S. ATHERLEY, _Speaker of the House_.
Approved Feb. 13, 1901.

DEFOREST RICHARDS, _Governor_.

For a number of years women served on grand and petit juries. In
compiling the first volume of the Laws of Wyoming, Secretary and
Acting Governor Edward M. Lee said:

In the provisions of the woman suffrage clause, enacted in 1869,
we placed this youngest Territory on earth in the van of
civilization and progress. That this statement has been verified
by practical exper