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Esther Hobart Morris 1814–1902


Wyoming
Esther Hobart Morris 1814–1902

Morris was an early proponent of suffrage and equitable property rights for women. When she was appointed justice of the peace in 1870, she became the first woman judge in U.S. history.

Sculptor: Avard Fairbanks
(Esther Hobart Morris, 1958), Bronze
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