Louisa Gardner Swain made world history as the first woman to vote in a general election. She cast her ballot early in the morning of September 6, 1870 in Laramie, Wyoming.

Mary Godat Bellamy
Mary Godat Bellamy, the first woman elected to the Wyoming State Legislature, represented Albany County in 1911. She worked effectively for laws benefiting woman and children and became a nationally known speaker for woman suffrage.

Martha Symons-Boies
The first woman bailiff in the world, Mrs. Martha Symons-Boies, was appointed to arrange accommodations for the first woman jurors when the Grand Jury met in a building located at First and Garfield Streets in Laramie, March, 1870.

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World wide attention focused on Laramie in March, 1870 when the first women in history to serve on a jury dealt stern justice in cases of murder, horse-stealing, and illegal branding. They were Miss Eliza Stewart, Mrs. Amelia Hatcher, Mrs. G. F. Hilton, Mrs. Mary Mackel, Mrs. Agnes Baker, and Mrs. Sarah A. Pease.