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irisblue

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Fri Sep 6, 2019, 08:01 AM Sep 2019

Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie arrived to vote today. She was 1st legal Woman Voter

Today In History (@URDailyHistory) Tweeted:
6 Sept 1870: 69 year-old Louisa Ann #Swain of #Laramie, #Wyoming becomes the first #woman in the United States to legally vote. She arrives at the polling place before it opened but officials said she could #vote nonetheless. #suffragette #history #suffrage https://t.co/2NloeyeAdK


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