so in here, we have maybe elizabeth katie staten coming to the ivansons' salon to listen to the defense of suffrage. it was passed in 1869. in 1871, wyoming was getting so much grief that the legislature was saying maybe we should rescind this act. steven downey and this is an exhibit of steven speaking about this possibly in this salon speaking about the defense of the act because in 1871 people were giving wyoming territory such grief about having an act where women had the same rights as men. and downey stood there write wrote a very remarkable speech and spoke to the wyoming public about how important this was, that we keep this, that we retain this and it was retained in 1871 by one vote in the legislature. then fast forward, let's fast forward, 17 years. wyoming territory is wanting to become a state. washington d.c. says no one else in the world or in the united states is giving women these kinds of rights. you need to rescind that act and then we'll let you become a state. wyoming said huh don't care. then we'll remain a territory. we will not become a state unless we can hold a