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Wyoming Legislative Service Office

The LSO has commissioned narratives to accompany the composite, session-by-session photographs of the members of the Wyoming Legislature, which hang in the chambers and hallways of the State Capitol. The narratives give brief biographies of a few legislators of interest, along with a compact, decade-by-decade look at the principal issues facing all the lawmakers since Wyoming became a territory.
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Verda James, First Woman Speaker of Wyoming’s House of Representatives

Verda James, a schoolteacher, deputy director of public instruction for the state of Wyoming, assistant superintendent of the Natrona County schools, and later a faculty member at Casper College, was first elected to the Wyoming House in 1954. She served eight terms. During the last term, 1969-1970, she was elected House speaker, the first — and as of 2011, the only — woman to hold that position.

Encyclopedia : March 12, 2011 - 1:56pm

Mary Godat Bellamy, Wyoming's First Woman Legislator

Mary Godat Bellamy, Wyoming’s first woman legislator, was first elected to the state House of Representatives in 1910, where she sponsored bills aimed at improving the lives of women and children. She was active as well in the national movement for votes for women.

Encyclopedia : March 12, 2011 - 11:52am