Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal formed the Wyoming Coinage Advisory Committee in 2004 to select the design for the 2007 Wyoming State Quarter then on May 12, 2006, Freudenthal selected the bucking horse and rider design with the state nickname, The Equality State. The Equality State refers to the fact that Wyoming was the first territory and the first state to extend full voting rights to women.
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