▁ 1 8 5 0   spe ech . ▁St anton , ▁Stone ▁and ▁Anthony ▁were ▁the ▁three ▁leading ▁figures ▁of ▁this ▁movement ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century : ▁the ▁" tri um vir ate " ▁of ▁the ▁drive ▁to ▁gain ▁voting ▁rights ▁for ▁women . ▁Women ' s ▁suff rage ▁activ ists ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁black ▁people ▁had ▁been ▁granted ▁the ▁franch ise ▁and ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Constitution ' s ▁Four teenth ▁and ▁Fif teenth ▁am end ments ▁( which ▁gave ▁people ▁equal ▁protection ▁under ▁the ▁law ▁and ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁vote ▁regardless ▁of ▁their ▁race , ▁respectively ). ▁This , ▁they ▁cont ended , ▁had ▁been ▁un just . ▁Early ▁vict ories ▁were ▁won ▁in ▁the ▁territ ories ▁of ▁Wy oming ▁( 1 8 6 9 ) ▁and ▁Ut ah ▁( 1 8 7 0 ). ▁ ▁John ▁Allen ▁Campbell , ▁the ▁first ▁Governor ▁of ▁the ▁Wy oming ▁Territ ory , ▁approved ▁the ▁first ▁law ▁in ▁United ▁States ▁history ▁explicitly ▁grant ing ▁women ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁vote . ▁The ▁law ▁was ▁approved ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 8 6 9 . ▁This ▁day ▁was ▁later ▁comm emor ated ▁as ▁Wy oming ▁Day . ▁On ▁February ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 8 7 0 , ▁the ▁Secretary ▁of ▁the ▁Territ ory ▁and ▁Act ing ▁Governor ▁of ▁the ▁Territ ory ▁of ▁Ut ah , ▁S . ▁A . ▁Mann , ▁approved ▁a ▁law