Laramie

The Louisa Swain Foundation was established in 2001 (under the former name of The Laramie Foundation). 

Since its inception the Foundation has funded construction of a large plaza and the Wyoming House for Historic Women in historic downtown Laramie, WY.  The centerpiece of the plaza is a life-sized bronze sculpture of Louisa Swain, who on September 6, 1870, became the first woman to cast a ballot under laws giving women full equality to men.  Her ballot was cast just one block from the plaza.