The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-10-06
Woman Suffrage in Wyoming.


The novel spectacle of women voting has
been lnaugurated at the recent election in Wyo-
ming territory, as our readers are already aware.
A lady correspondent of the Cincinnati Times,
writing from Cheyenne gives the following de-
scription of the great day for the late Clown
trodden and oppressed" sex, and we think it
worth while to reproduce the sketch for the
especial benefit of those in our midst who may
be anXiously awaiting the time when woman
suffrage will be in vogue here:
Being aware of the fact that you are no wo-
men n's-rights man, l wish to give you some ldea
of how election day passed OFT. suppose you
are aware of the fact that the women OF Wyo-
ming have had the right to vote conferred on
MS saw us, for l am one of the Wyoming
women, and feel proud of being called such.
Well, yesterday, the 6th being election day,
our citizens turned out en- masse to celebrate
the great event-the day when free women
turned out to do what all true citizens call a
sacred duty. l only wish you and all other
anti-women's rights men could have been near
by to see how proudly the men walked to the
polls with their wives or sisters, mothers or
sweethearts, on their arms, and [ know you
would have been pleased. When it was first
proposed that women should vote, the women
felt delicate about going but our preachers
to be backward, for they would set the example
by taking their wives. So the women then
took courage and came proudly forward to do
their duty. There were judges and their wives,
lawyers and their wives, doctors and their
wives, preachers and their wives, merchants
and their wives. mechanics and their wives,
and laborers and their wives, and all classes,
both rich and poor, came forward and cast their
votes, each man feeling proud of his female
companion. There has never an election pass
ed off so pleasantly in this Territory before.
There were lots of men collected around the
polls to see how things would be conducted !;
they were talking and laughing and discussing
politics, but as soon as they would see woman
coming they would all stand back and make
room for her to pass. Even the rowdies kept
still while women stood near | never saw a
more orderly set of men in my life, and each
man that came forth with female companion
to cast her vote at the same time he cast his,
that man looked proud and happy. My hus-
band took my mother and myself to the polls,
and know that he felt proud of having that
right; and as person would walk along the
street it looked so nice to see little groups of
friends and neighbors, both men and women,
talking and discussing politics. I, for one,
think that it will make men and women more
united. We will all work together for one
common cause; women will take more interest
in the welfare of the State or Territory, now
that we are allowed to have a voice in its poll
tics. Well, Mr.. Editor, to tell it all in few
words, our election day was more like a great
holiday than anything else. Our little band of
pioneer women has shown in part what can be
DONE and my friends here in this Territory
have voted once, and hope to live to see the
day when every woman in America will have
the same great privilege. Oh, how I do wish
our champion, Fanny Fern, could have been
here yesterday, so that all women could have
heard her opinion given through her powerful
pen or that Mrs. Stanton could have been
here to have taken notes, so she could have
told how things were conducted, for she can
express herself before the world hope to
see the day when women can come forward and
express themselves and to think without fear.
Well, will say for our Cheyenne men they
acted nobly almost to man. They sanctioned
women voting, and our head men tock the lead.
They will always have the gratitude of us wo-
men for their kindness to US. Every man
knows that, as q general rule, women are CRATE
full, and will not forget kindness shown to
them.