Question: Which state was the first to grant women the right to vote?
Answer: Wyoming was the first to grant women the right to vote, doing so in 1869 while it was still a U.S. territory. Lawmakers approved women’s suffrage in part to attract settlers and signal progressiveness, and when Wyoming became a state in 1890, it refused to join the Union unless women kept that right, making it a lasting milestone in the push for women’s voting rights in the United States.
