• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    In the US, Wyoming prostitutes gave women the right to vote. Because women were so scarce in the territory, they held a lot of power, political and economic. Wyoming women demanded the right to vote and hold office and the men ratified the right happily. When the US wanted Wyoming to join the union, Wyoming’s response was “not without our women”. So, that’s how Wyoming became the first state in the union to allow women citizens to vote.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_suffrage_in_Wyoming