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Title
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First Ladies of Laramie, Memorial
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Biographical Text
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Stone block located on a pedestal of two blocks of cement. On each side of the block is a plaque telling the accomplishments of a different woman.
The marker is located on the grounds of Ivison Mansion in Laramie, Wyoming. Laramie is where all of the women honored on the marker lived and where they performed their “firsts.”
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Text
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[Side 1]
LARAMIE WOMEN’S CLUB, ORGANIZED IN
1898, HONORS LARAMIES “FIRST LADIES”
WHO PIONEERED CIVIC AND POLITICAL
RESPONSIBILITY BY WOMAN IN THIS
COUNTRY AND THE WORLD
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 6TH. 1870 IN LARAMIE, WYOMING.
[Side 2]
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
MRS. ELIZA STEWART, MRS. AMELIA HATCHER,
MRS. G. F. HILTON, MRS. MARY MACKEL,
MRS. AGNES BAKER, AND
MRS. SARAH A. PEASE
[Side 3]
THE FIRST WOMAN BAILIFF IN THE
WORLD, MRS. MARTHA SYMON-BOIES,
WAS APPOINTED TO ARRANGE
ACCOMODATIONS FOR THE FIRST WOMEN
JURORS WHEN THE GRAND JURY MET IN
A BUILDING LOCATED AT FIRST AND
GARFIELD STREETS IN LARAMIE,
MARCH, 1870.
[Side 4]
MARY GODAT BELLAMY, THE FIRST
WOMAN ELECTED TO THE WYOMING
STATE LEGISLATURE, REPRESENTED
ALBANY COUNTY IN 1911. SHE
WORKED EFFECTIVELY FOR LAWS
BENEFITTING WOMEN AND CHILDREN
AND BECAME A NATIONALLY KNOWN
SPEAKER FOR WOMEN SUFFRAGE.
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Type
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English
Signage
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Project Researcher
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Bysterbusch, Hailey
