Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1919 — Wyoming Led All States. [ARTICLE]

Wyoming Led All States.

Women acted as jurors in America almost half a century ago. The first grand jury which Included members of the “weaker” sex was impaneled at Laramie, Wyo., 48 years ago. The territory of Wyoming was organised in 1868 oat of part ofDakota, Utah, and Idaho, and one of the first official acts of the new territorial government was to grant women the right to vote and hold office.