Fort Platte

Historical marker location:

Fort Laramie, Wyoming

( Marker is on State Highway 160 near State Highway 59, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1951

Wyoming was the first state in the US to grant women the right to vote. On December 10, 1869, Wyoming Governor John A. Campbell signed the first women's suffrage bill into law, making Wyoming the first government in the world to grant women the right to vote and to hold public office.