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"With the national campaign for women's suffrage stalled, the thinly populated Wyoming Territory in 1869 became the first democracy in the world to recognize every woman's right to vote. Colorful frontier characters, a volatile mix of motives, and the caprice of history drive this story of a neglected chapter in America?s past. Wyoming PBS and Caldera Productions looks further back 150 years to when the Wyoming Territory led the way on women's suffrage."...
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Biography of former U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyo.), including his boyhood in Cody, Wyo. and his important contributions as a legislator. It mentions his issues with the press, the Clarence Thomas - Anita Hill hearings, his stands on immigration reform, Social Security, abortion and gay rights, and his work with Erskine Bowles on the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
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In The Wyoming State Constitution, Robert B. Keiter provides a comprehensive guide to Wyoming's colorful constitutional history. Featuring an outstanding analysis of the state's governing charter, the book includes an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the entire constitution, detailing important changes that have been made since its initial drafting. This treatment, which includes a list of cases, index, and bibliography, makes this guide indispensable...
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Wyoming chronicle volume 1315
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When Jillian Balow resigned unexpectedly as Wyoming's elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the man appointed to replace her was Brian Schroeder. He stepped into the job with almost none of the typical preparation time an elected official gets when being elected. The new leader of Wyoming's Public school system describes the early job as "Overwhelming, by in a good way" -- from cover
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Wyoming chronicle volume 1208
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307 Meat Company opened in March 2020 and works to provide ranchers an opportunity to sell more of their meat to consumers directly. Central Wyoming College's Meat Science program shares that vision and hopes to train the next generation of locally-focused butchers. -- from cover
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"The Wyoming Blue Book series chronicles the history of the state's government from it's beginning as a territory in 1869 through the end of 2007. These volumes contain photographs and biographies of the 5 elected officials, national congressmen and state legislators, election results, county statistics, mineral histories, a history of the Wind River Reservation and much more. Each book has been digitized and is fully keyword searchable using Adobe...
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Main Street Wyoming volume 617
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This videotape introduces the executive branch of state government and covers all five of its offices: governor, secretary of state, superintendent of public instruction, auditor, and treasurer. This half-hour program features interviews with each of the elected members of the executive branch, video footage of their offices, and a meeting of one of the boards on which they all serve.