On December 4, 1904, women formed the Searchlight Club, which would eventually become Cheyenne’s oldest African American women’s organization. Driven by the motto “To the Stars Through Difficulties,” the club had, for over 80 years, encouraged ongoing education, supported the Black community, and engaged in local philanthropy.
In celebrating Women’s History Month we’d like to explore an overlooked area of Wyoming history—the establishment by women of post offices throughout the state.
It’s the first post for the Diversity Initiative’s Preservation Month, and what better to start the month than talk about Carnegie Libraries in Wyoming and the women’s clubs that helped make them possible. This profile is written by Andrea Graham, who leads our Cowboy Carnegie program which is a traveling exhibit that has gone to cities throughout Wyoming.