 And she was appointed to that position. It was a newsworthy moment, with Wyoming giving women the right to vote, and Esther, the first woman to hold judicial office in the country, and some say, even the modern world. By all accounts, we hear that she's an extremely fair judge. She was the first female justice of the peace throughout the entirety of the United States, because Wyoming was the first place to not only give the women the right to vote, but also give them the right to hold public office.