Amelia Hatcher Heath, ca. 1870

Hatcher (1842-1921) and her young son moved in with her father in Laramie following her husband's death. She was one of the women who in March 1870 was called to serve on that first formal jury in the world to seat women. In December 1871, she was one of 30 women to sign a petition addressed to the Wyoming Territory Legislative Assembly arguing that the 1869 Suffrage Act should be preserved in the face of an attempt by the assembly to overturn the act.