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Just Who Did This Woman Think She Was: In Praise of Grace Raymond Hebard

Posted on February 27, 2023 by ahcadmin

“You are – I say it without a qualm – our star contributing editor. You have given us the most of any one on our list – and all good too.” When the editor of The Woman Citizen, Virginia Roderick, … Continue reading →

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The 19th Amendment and Wyoming’s own Grace Raymond Hebard

Posted on August 18, 2016 by mmarcusse

“To get thirty sixth state, mobilizing one woman each state…want you and only you…” So wrote national woman suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt on April 12, 1920 in a telegram to Wyoming historian, prolific writer, and noted University of Wyoming … Continue reading →

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Votes for Women – The 1920 Ratification Campaign

Posted on December 8, 2019 by ahcadmin

Grace Raymond Hebard and Carrie Chapman Catt On June 4, 1919, the Senate passed the 19th amendment to the United States Constitution. The amendment stated: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or … Continue reading →

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Designing the University of Wyoming: Old Main

Posted on February 5, 2024 by ahcadmin

Welcome to the first installment in our series exploring the legacy of iconic buildings at the University of Wyoming. In this ongoing collection of posts, we’re taking a walk back through time to tell the stories behind some of UW’s … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the University of Wyoming’s Living Room

Posted on March 27, 2023 by ahcadmin

The Wyoming Union on the University of Wyoming opened on March 3, 1939, and soon became the “living room of campus,” as described on the Union’s website. The university had expanded greatly since its inception in 1886 with a much … Continue reading →

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Suffrage for Women – The Push to Ratify the 19th Amendment

Posted on August 16, 2021 by ahcadmin

On August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified, guaranteeing American women the right to vote. Before that date, Wyoming women had long been known for leading trailblazing efforts towards women’s rights. In 1869, the territory was the first in … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Stars and Stripes – Flag Day

Posted on June 15, 2021 by ahcadmin

June 14th marks the celebration of Flag Day in the United States. The date is significant in that the Second Continental Congress had, on that day in 1777, adopted the “Stars and Stripes” as the flag of a budding nation. … Continue reading →

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Dirty and Difficult: Laboring in Wyoming’s Early Sugar Beet Industry

Posted on March 29, 2021 by ahcadmin

Like many American industries, the sugar beet trade grew from perceived opportunity and weakening in other formerly profitable U.S. markets. A decline in mining and agriculture in the 1890s led some entrepreneurs to seek their fortunes elsewhere. The sugar beet … Continue reading →

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Putting the Women Back into Women’s Suffrage

Posted on November 3, 2019 by ahcadmin

2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the passage of Wyoming’s woman suffrage law.  Wyoming’s women were voting and holding public office decades before the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920.  Indeed, the successful implementation of woman suffrage in Wyoming and … Continue reading →

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Remembering Estelle Reel: Wyoming’s Educational Pioneer

Posted on January 6, 2019 by ahcadmin

In recognition of Estelle Reel, the first woman elected and to hold the office of state superintendent of public instruction in Wyoming and the second woman elected and to hold a statewide office in the United States, January 7 of … Continue reading →

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