1814 - Esther Hobart Morris was born in Tioga County, NY. Her work on behalf of women in Wyoming Territory earned her an appointment as the first female justice of the peace in South Pass City. This appointment was also the first for a woman in the U.S. and in the world.
| "I have the honor to inform the Council that I have approved "An act to grant to the Women of Wyoming Territory the right of Suffrage and to hold office." - Decmeber 10, 1869, J. A. Campbell, Governor of Wyoming |
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