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First Legal Female Vote in Laramie
- When
- September 6, 1870
- Where
- Laramie
Louisa Swain cast a ballot in Laramie on September 6, 1870, during Wyoming's second election, marking the first legal female vote in the US since 1807.
Swain, a resident of Laramie since 1869, voted in the town's first municipal election. This event occurred seven months after the territorial suffrage act took effect. Stories differ on her movements before voting, but the act established her as the first woman to vote in a general election in the United States since 1807.
Sources
- Louisa Swain Wikipedia, revision of 2025-12-19
- Laramie, Wyoming Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-15
- Women's suffrage in Wyoming Wikipedia, revision of 2025-06-09
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