Edness Kimball Wilkins

Edness Kimball Wilkins
Member of the Wyoming State House of Representatives from Natrona County
In office
January 9, 1973 – July 15, 1980
Succeeded byFrank Chapman
In office
January 1955 – January 9, 1967
38th Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives
In office
May 30, 1966 – January 9, 1967
Preceded byWalter B. Phelan
Succeeded byWilliam F. Swanton
Member of the Wyoming Senate
from Natrona County
In office
January 9, 1967 – January 12, 1971
Succeeded byDick Tobin
Personal details
Born(1896-01-31)January 31, 1896
Casper, Wyoming, U.S.
DiedJuly 15, 1980(1980-07-15) (aged 84)
Casper, Wyoming, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseRonald Wilkins
Alma materUniversity of Kentucky
University of Nebraska

Edness Kimball Wilkins (January 31, 1896 − July 15, 1980) was the first woman speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives.[1]

  1. ^ Sharp, Nancy Weatherly; Sharp, James Roger; Ritter, Charles F.; Wakelyn., Jon L. (1997). American Legislative Leaders in the West 1911-1994. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 031330212X. OCLC 833126991.