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THE GREAT SEAL
OF THE
STATE OF WYOMING
The two dates on the Great Seal, 1869 and 1890, commemorate the organization of the Territorial government and Wyoming’s admission into the Union. Upon a five-pointed star the number “44” appears, indicating the number of admission into the Union.
The woman in the center holds a banner proclaiming “Equal Rights,” as Wyoming was the first government in the world to grant equal civil and political rights to women.
The male figures typify the livestock and mining industries of the state. Scrolls encircling the two pillars bear the words “Oil,” “Mines,” “Livestock,” and “Grain,” four of Wyoming’s major industries.
