Glasser's choice theory. The term choice theory is the work of William Glasser, MD, author of the book so named, and is the culmination of some 50 years of theory and practice in psychology and counselling.
Unlike winning the right to vote through legislative action--as happened in the territories of Wyoming in 1869 and Utah in 1870--Colorado suffragists needed the support of male voters to secure the franchise.1] The victory that western women were wild with joy over made Colorado the first state to enfranchise women through popular referendum, and it happened over a quarter of a century before the achievement of national women s suffrage in 1920.
Senator Stewart would prove to be a key player in the drafting of the 15th Amendment giving Black males the right to vote. So Nevada was, in fact, the Battle Born state because of its entrance into the Union during the Civil War, but not for the reasons we find in the popular mythology. Historians recognize that the discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859 was one of many factors influencing Nevada's territorial status.