The Laramie Foundation
The 13 Historic Wyoming Women

Louisa Gardner Swain, Eliza Stewart, Martha Symons Boies, Esther Hobart Morris
Lynne Cheney, Barbara Cubin, Verda James, Marilyn S. Kite, April Brimmer Kunz,
Edith Miller, Estelle Reel, Nellie Tayloe Ross
Mayor and All Woman Council of Jackson
Thirteen Wyoming Women helped to change the world, their nation and their state.
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Louisa Gardner Swain:  First woman in the world to cast a ballot with full equality to men, 1870.

Eliza Stewart:  First woman subpoenaed to serve on a court jury, 1870.

Martha Symons Boies:  First woman in the world appointed as a bailiff, 1870.

Esther Hobart Morris: First woman to hold judicial office in the world, 1870.

Lynne Cheney:  Wyoming's first "2nd Lady".

Barbara Cubin:  First Woman elected to federal office from Wyoming.

Verda James:  First woman elected Speaker of the Wyoming House

Marilyn S. Kite:  First woman justice of The Wyoming Supreme Court

April Brimmer Kunz:  First woman elected President of The Wyoming Senate

Edith Miller:  First licensed nurse in Wyoming, 1909

Estelle Reel:  First woman elected to statewide office in the nation, 1894.

Nellie Tayloe Ross: First woman elected Governor in the United States, 1925
                                First woman director of the U.S. Mint, 1933

Mayor and All Woman Council:  The All Woman Jackson Mayor and Town Council were
                                                    elected in 1920.
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