Desert gardener, historian, novelist and family woman. Lover of good sentences, museums and home grown tomatoes
Feb 28, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Historian of Wyoming here. A little perspective on women's history in Wyoming: 1. (White) American women first won the right to vote in Wyoming Territory in 1869. 2. The territorial legislature voted to repeal women's voting rights in 1871, but the gov. vetoed the bill.
3. The first woman governor, Nellie Taylor Ross, was elected in Wyoming in 1924. 4. Ross was defeated for re-election in 1926. She moved to the national political stage, was Director of the Mint for decades. But no women Govs since in WY.
Jun 28, 2019 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
As a historian, I have learned that it is sometimes necessary to state the obvious. So here's a short thread about an obvious political point. Angry women--of all races, all sexualities, all classes-- will be the force that saves our democracy in 2020. 1/
Women's anger was manifest in 2016, when a racist rapist ran for President. Millions of women fought hard for Hillary, cringed when Trump stalked her on a debate stage, cried buckets on election night. They haven't forgotten or forgiven. And they take names. 2/
Jul 7, 2018 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Hey #twitterstorians Inspired by @KevinMKruse@HC_Richardson@rauchway and @TheTattooedProf thought I'd say a little about GOP government giveaway bonanzas in the 1860s, especially helpful to "rugged individuals" who conquered the West.
Why, in 1862 alone, the Republican Congress passed 1) the Homestead Act, giving away millions of acres of public land to (mostly white) men willing to settle in remote places (and UNsettle indigenous inhabitants). Huge entitlement!
