Edness Kimball Wilkins (January 31, 1896 − July 15, 1980) was the first woman speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives.

[1] Later, Wilkins ran the Water and Sanitation Department for Casper, Wyoming, from 1950 to 1953.

[3] When Phelan died in 1966, as the leader of the majority party, Wilkins assumed the office of Speaker.

[5] In 1966, Wilkins ran for and won election to the Wyoming State Senate.

In 1972, she again won election to the Wyoming House of Representatives, and she continued to serve there until her death on July 15, 1980.