b) Wyoming

Wyoming earned the distinction of being the first American state to allow women to vote in 1869. This landmark decision occurred when Wyoming was still a territory, a full 50 years before the 19th Amendment granted women suffrage nationwide. Wyoming’s early adoption of women’s suffrage was partly a pragmatic move to attract more women to the sparsely populated territory. However, it also reflected a progressive stance on women’s rights and set a precedent for the women’s suffrage movement in the United States. When Wyoming became a state in 1890, it insisted on retaining women’s suffrage, earning it the nickname “The Equality State.”