List of first women lawyers and judges in Wyoming

This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Wyoming. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.

Firsts in Wyoming's history

Lawyers

First female: Grace Raymond Hebard (1898)
First Latino American female: Martha Lee Ramirez (1930)
First female to argue a case before the Wyoming Supreme Court: Laura Bicknell Harris in 1927
First female (prosecutor): Nancy Guthrie in 1978

State judges

First female (justice of the peace): Esther Hobart Morris in 1870
First female (county judge): Betty Kail (1953) in 1981
First female (district court): Betty Kail (1953) in 1983
First female (Wyoming Supreme Court): Marilyn S. Kite in 2000

Federal judges

First female (U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming): Nancy D. Freudenthal (1980) in 2010

Attorney General of Wyoming

First female: Gay Woodhouse (1977) from 1999-2001

Deputy Attorney General

First female: Ellen Crowley-Suyematsu in 1959

County Attorney

First female: Nancy Guthrie in 1978

Political Office

First Native American (female) (Wyoming Senate): Affie Ellis in 2017

Wyoming Bar Association

First female (president): Catherine "Cathy" McPherson from 2000-2001

Firsts in local history

Nancy Guthrie: First female to serve as the County Attorney in Big Horn County, Wyoming (1978)
Mary B. Guthrie: First female to serve as the City Attorney for Cheyenne, Wyoming [<nowiki/>Laramie County, Wyoming]
Lucky McMahon: First female to serve as the County Attorney for Sublette County, Wyoming (2008)
Erin Weisman: First female to serve as the County Attorney for Teton County, Wyoming (2018)

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