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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] 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.
Louisa Ann Swain (née Gardner; 1801 – January 25, 1880) was the first woman in the United States to vote in a general election after the repeal of women's suffrage in New Jersey in 1807. She cast her ballot on September 6, 1870, in Laramie, Wyoming .
In 1870, Louisa Swain was one of the first women to vote in Wyoming Territory. She lived and voted in Laramie, Wyoming. In September 1870, women throughout the Territory finally got the chance to vote in Wyoming's second election. As many as 1,000 women appear to have gone to the polls. [7] African-American women in Cheyenne were also able to ...
On the market for $575,000, the property was once home to the Swain Sanitorium opened by Dr. Rachel Swain as a way to help women through better diet, exercise and natural medicines.
Here's the history and meaning behind Women's history month colors: purple, green, white and gold. Experts explain the fascinating origins.
Louisa Swain was the first woman in the United States to vote in a general election, after the women of New Jersey lost the right to vote in 1807; she cast her ballot on September 6, 1870, in Laramie, Wyoming. [32] [33] 1870 Esther Hobart Morris was the first woman in America to serve as Justice of the peace. [34] 1870
C-SPAN has archived all video from the series to its website. It was produced in cooperation with the White House Historical Association, [2] [3] and was hosted by C-SPAN co-CEO Susan Swain. In April 2015, PublicAffairs Books published the companion book First Ladies: Presidential Historians on the Lives of 45 Iconic American Women by Swain and ...
Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, Massachusetts.The site interprets the lives of Abigail Smith Adams (1744 - 1818) and Louisa Catherine Adams (1775 - 1852); Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument - Dedicated a national monument by President Barack Obama on April 12, 2016, the Sewall–Belmont House in Washington, D.C. has been home to the National Woman's Party since 1929.