"Equality State" falls behind in electing women to office

A recent article that came out highlighted Wyoming, the first state to grant women the right to vote, as now a state that “ranks 26^th in the nation for gender parity in elected office – good enough for a ‘D’ grade,” describes the decline in female representation in office. The article talks about the significance of have a female-majority legislature, such as in Nevada, where bills passed “included tougher penalties for domestic violence, permanent funding for rape kit testing and a sexual assault survivor’s bill of rights, along with a line in the budget to assist in paying for family-planning services.” It seems have a greater “gender balance” creates opportunity for issues that have traditionally been undermined the attention and gravity it deserves. Obviously, having a more diverse pool in any organization will foster more holistic and critical thinking – deviation from a kind of group-think. But I wonder why it is that the representation of women has decreased in Wyoming; is this just the trend in a region that has (for the longest compared to other states) advocated for women’s voting right – that because there isn’t as much of a conscious stigma against women running for office, there is less pressure for women to do so at all?