Louisa Swain | |
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| Born | Louisa Ann Gardner 1801 |
| Died | January 25, 1880 (aged 78–79) Lutherville, Maryland, U.S. |
| Burial place | Friends Burial Ground, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Monuments | Statue in front of the Wyoming House for Historic Women |
| Known for | First woman to vote in a United States general election |
Louisa Ann Swain (née Gardner; 1801 – January 25, 1880) was the first woman in the United States to vote in a general election after the repeal of women's suffrage in New Jersey in 1807. She cast her ballot on September 6, 1870, in Laramie, Wyoming.[1][2]
- ^ Beeton, Beverly (1986). Women vote in the West: the Woman Suffrage Movement, 1869–1896. New York: Garland Science. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8240-8251-2.
- ^ Danilov, Victor J. (2005). Women and museums: a comprehensive guide. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-7591-0854-7.