Guide to the Esther Morris Memorial Commission Records

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Guide to the Esther Morris Memorial Commission Records

1952-1956

https://wyocomet.wyo.gov/repositories/2/resources/1259

The Esther Morris Memorial Commission administrative records help document the State of Wyoming's efforts to place a statue of Esther Morris, the first female appointed Justice of the Peace, in Statuary Hall,Washington DC. Records range from correspondence, to minutes and related literature.

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Wyoming State Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 11676697

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Morris, Esther Hobart, 1814-1902

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Esther Morris, a key figure in Wyoming's woman suffrage movement, was born in Tioga County, New York. In 1841, Morris married Artemus Slack; they had one son. Widowed in 1845, Morris moved to Peru, Illinois, where she married John Morris. In 1869 the family moved to the gold rush camp of South Pass City in the Wyoming Territory. There, Morris helped to influence legislator William H. Bright to introduce a woman suffrage bill, which passed on December 10, 1869, and was signed into law shortly the...