Wyoming House for Historic Women

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The Wyoming House For Historic Women, also known as Wyoming Women's History House [1] is a museum in downtown Laramie, Wyoming, United States, which celebrates the achievements of 13 women from the state of Wyoming. [2] It was established by the Louisa Swain Foundation, which honors Louisa Swain, the first woman in the United States to vote in a general election. She cast her ballot on September 6, 1870, in Laramie, Wyoming. [3] [4] The museum opened in 2012. [5] The Wyoming State Historical Society says Swain was "the first woman in the world to cast a ballot under laws giving women and men equal voting rights". [6]

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The Johnson Lummis Hunkins Plaza is outside the Wyoming House for Historic Women. A statue of Louisa Swain in her honor was dedicated in the Johnson Lummis Hunkins Plaza in 2005. The statue is called "The Franchise", and was created by John D. Baker. [7] [8]

The women

The women who form the subject matter of the museum are: [9]

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  1. ↑ "Wyoming's House for Historic Women". VisitLaramie.org. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Bloom, Laura Begley (2018-03-19). "A State-By-State Guide To The Top Women's History Landmarks In America". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  3. 1 2 Beeton, Beverly (1986). Women vote in the West: the Woman Suffrage Movement, 1869–1896. New York: Garland Science. p. 11. ISBN   978-0-8240-8251-2.
  4. 1 2 Danilov, Victor J. (2005). Women and museums: a comprehensive guide. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press. p. 68. ISBN   978-0-7591-0854-7.
  5. ↑ "Wyoming House for Historic Women opens in Laramie". Washington Examiner. 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  6. ↑ "The Wyoming House for Historic Women", in "Wyohistory.org." Laramie, Wyoming: Wyoming State Historical Society, retrieved online September 1, 2018.
  7. ↑ ""The Franchise" statue by John D. Baker in the Johnson Lummis Hunkins Plaza outside the Wyoming House for Historic Women in downtown Laramie, Wyoming". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  8. ↑ "The Wyoming House For Historic Women". thelouisaswainfoundation.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  9. ↑ "The Wyoming House For Historic Women". Louisa Swain Foundation. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  10. ↑ ‘’Laramie Boomerang’’, Oct. 16, 1917
  11. ↑ Larson, T. A. (1979), History of Wyoming. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press
  12. ↑ "A List of Firsts for Wyoming Women | WyoHistory.org". www.wyohistory.org.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "Ground broken for state museum honoring women". October 31, 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-10-31.
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  15. ↑ "Verda James, First Full-term Woman Speaker of Wyoming's House of Representatives | WyoHistory.org". www.wyohistory.org. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
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  18. ↑ https://sos.wyo.gov/Services/docs/LegOfficers.pdf
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