What was the first state to use a slogan on its license plates?

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Original photo by Chris Dorney/ Alamy Stock Photo Idaho has the only state seal designed by a woman. State seals are often crimped or stamped on legal documents, lending them authenticity. Yet these small symbols have another role, as miniature visual histories specific to each state, often simultaneously representing hopes for the future. At least that's how artist Emma Edwards Green viewed the seal she created for Idaho in 1891 — which just so happens to be the only state seal designed by a woman. Idaho became the 43rd state on July 3, 1890, formed from a territory that had once included land in present-day Montana and Wyoming. Upon statehood, Idaho legislators looked to commission the state seal's design by way of a competition, with a generous $100 prize (about $3,300 today) for the winning artist. Green, an art teacher who had relocated to Boise after attending school in New York, was in part inspired by the fact that it seemed Idaho would soon give women the right to vote. In March 1891, Green's work was selected as the winner, beating out submissions from around the country. The final design, which is also featured on Idaho's flag, is packed with symbolism. Worked into the design are cornucopias and wheat to represent Idaho's agriculture, a tree meant to be reminiscent of the state's vast timberlands, and a pick and shovel held by a miner. Green's most forward-thinking detail, however, is a man and woman standing at equal heights in the seal's center, a symbol of gender equality that would eventually come with voting rights for all. True to their word, Idaho legislators passed women's suffrage in 1896 — five years after Green's seal became the state's official symbol — making Idaho the fourth state to enfranchise women, more than 20 years before the 19th Amendment gave the same right to women nationwide. Idaho was the first state to use a slogan on its license plates. Idaho was the first state to use a slogan on its license plates.

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