Friday, July 10, 2026 · america_250

America 250 · Wyoming — first to vote

5 questions · 1000 points possible. Below are the prompts, hints, and target locations from this pack.

Wyoming became the 44th state on July 10, 1890 — the first state to enter the union with women's suffrage already in place. Today's pack walks the long road from Wyoming to the 19th Amendment.

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01
Drop a pin on the state capital that admitted women voters in 1869 — 51 years before the 19th Amendment.
Did you know?
Esther Hobart Morris of Wyoming became the first female justice of the peace in 1870. Wyoming's statehood admission was nearly blocked because of women's suffrage — the territory replied 'we will remain out of the Union 100 years rather than come in without our women.'
Target
41.1400°, -104.8202°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
02
Drop a pin on the New York Finger Lakes village where the first women's rights convention was held in July 1848 — producing the Declaration of Sentiments.
Did you know?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote the Declaration of Sentiments — modeled on the Declaration of Independence — with one telling addition: 'all men and women are created equal.'
Target
42.9106°, -76.7948°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
03
Drop a pin on the state capitol where the 19th Amendment was ratified by a single vote on August 18, 1920.
Did you know?
Tennessee was the 36th — the final — state needed for the 19th Amendment to take effect. The deciding vote came from Harry T. Burn, age 24, persuaded by a letter from his mother.
Target
36.1659°, -86.7844°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
04
Drop a pin on the Washington, DC building where the National Woman's Party suffragists picketed and were arrested in 1917 — 'Silent Sentinels.'
Did you know?
Suffragists picketed the White House daily for 18 months. Police arrested 218; many were jailed at Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia, where they were beaten and force-fed during hunger strikes.
Target
38.8911°, -77.0050°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
05
Drop a pin on the home of Susan B. Anthony — jailed in 1872 for voting in a presidential election.
Did you know?
Anthony voted on November 5, 1872, was arrested two weeks later, tried in 1873, and fined $100. She refused to pay; the judge declined to enforce so as to avoid an appeal.
Target
43.1539°, -77.6225°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts

America 250 · Wyoming — first to vote

Drop a pin on the state capital that admitted women voters in 1869 — 51 years before the 19th Amendment.

Drop a pin on the New York Finger Lakes village where the first women's rights convention was held in July 1848 — producing the Declaration of Sentiments.

Drop a pin on the state capitol where the 19th Amendment was ratified by a single vote on August 18, 1920.

Drop a pin on the Washington, DC building where the National Woman's Party suffragists picketed and were arrested in 1917 — 'Silent Sentinels.'

Drop a pin on the home of Susan B. Anthony — jailed in 1872 for voting in a presidential election.