Mary Godat Bellamy (December 13, 1861 – January 28, 1955) was an American teacher, politician, and suffragist who served as the first female member of the Wyoming House of Representatives.
[1] Following her father's death her family moved to Galena, Illinois and later to Laramie, Wyoming Territory in 1873.
[5][6][1] Following the death of Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan, Bellamy attempted to start a movement to have President William Howard Taft appoint a woman to replace him.
During her tenure she voted in favor of the 18th Amendment which established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.
[2][3] On January 31, the four female members of the 33rd session of the Wyoming state legislature wrote a memorial for Bellamy that was read by Edness Kimball Wilkins on February 2.