; Whereas, in 1892, the women of Wyoming became the first women to vote in a Presidential election; Whereas, in 1894, the people of Wyoming elected Estelle Reel to serve as the State superintendent of public instruction, making her one of the first women in the United States elected to serve in a statewide office; Whereas, in 1920, the residents of the town of Jackson, Wyoming, elected a city council composed entirely of women, the first all-women government in the United States, which was dubbed the petticoat government by the press; Whereas, in 1924, Wyoming became the first State to elect a female Governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross; Whereas, on May 3, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Nellie Tayloe Ross as Director of the United States Mint, making Ross the first woman to hold that position; Whereas, as Director of the United States Mint, Nellie Tayloe Ross oversaw the establishment of the Franklin half dollar and the beginning of the production of proof coins for public sale; Whereas the United States did not endorse women’s suffrage until 1920, with the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 50 years after Wyoming; Whereas the decision of the people of Wyoming to endorse women’s suffrage demonstrates the foresight, bravery, individualism, and honesty of the citizens of Wyoming and the staunch adherence of the citizens of Wyoming to the storied Code of the West ; Whereas achieving voting rights for all women required firm and continuing resolve to overcome reluctance, and even fervent opposition, to rightful enfranchisement; Whereas the milestones of women’s suffrage in Wyoming illuminate and strengthen the heritage of Wyoming as the Equality State ; Whereas December 10, 2019, marks the 150th anniversary of the date on which women’s suffrage became law in Wyoming; and Whereas the ongoing contributions made by women to Wyoming and the United States should be recognized: Now, therefore, be it