Which state is one of the least populated and was the first to grant women the right to vote?

Which state is one of the least populated and was the first to grant women the right to vote?

• A. Montana
• B. South Dakota
• C. Wyoming
• D. Alaska

Answer: (C)

Wyoming fits both parts of the prompt. It is one of the least populated states, consistently ranking at the bottom by population. More importantly, it was the first to grant women the right to vote, doing so in 1869 when it was still a territory, earning the nickname The Equality State. That early action predates the suffrage accomplishments in the other listed places, so it uniquely satisfies both conditions. The other options granted voting rights later (and Alaska’s case was as a territory, not a state), so they don’t meet the combination of being very sparsely populated and the earliest to grant suffrage.

Wyoming fits both parts of the prompt. It is one of the least populated states, consistently ranking at the bottom by population. More importantly, it was the first to grant women the right to vote, doing so in 1869 when it was still a territory, earning the nickname The Equality State. That early action predates the suffrage accomplishments in the other listed places, so it uniquely satisfies both conditions. The other options granted voting rights later (and Alaska’s case was as a territory, not a state), so they don’t meet the combination of being very sparsely populated and the earliest to grant suffrage.