Eliza Stewart Boyd, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Eliza Stewart Boyd

First woman juror

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1833

Date of Death: 09-Mar-1912

Profession: suffragist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Eliza Stewart Boyd (September 8, 1833 in Crawford County, Pennsylvania – March 9, 1912 in Laramie, Wyoming) was the first woman in America ever selected to serve on a jury.In March 1870, her name was drawn from the voters’ roll to serve on the grand jury to be convened later that month.
Soon after the grand jury was convened, five other Laramie women made history becoming the first women in the world to serve on a trial jury.
The women on the grand jury and the trial jury were selected less than six months after Wyoming's first territorial legislature granted women equal political rights.