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Brooks, Mildred R.
Mildred R. Brooks ran for County Recorder for Marion County, Oregon in 1916.
Bailey, Elmetta
Elmetta Bailey was elected County School Superintendent for Baker County, Oregon in 1916. She was one of the first two women elected in the county.
Baird, Bessie
In 1916 Bessie Baird ran for the Oregon House of Representatives in Wallowa County as a Socialist, and lost. Baird had been involved in the Socialist movement in Wallowa since at least 1907, and said that she was the only woman Socialist...
Adams, Alice L.
Alice L. Adams was elected County Treasurer for Yamhill County, Oregon in 1915.
Brownell, Frances Zella
Zella Brownell was elected to the city council of Umatilla, Oregon in 1918. She served under a woman mayor, Stella Paulu, and with several other women officers.
Boyd, Mrs. Paul
Mrs. Paul Boyd served as a council member in Beaver Hill, Oregon in 1918. The five person board had two other women, Mrs. E.W. Madison and Mrs. William Hearon serving on it at the same time. The remaining two male members were Mr. E.W. M...
Cameron, Hattie F.
In 1916, Hattie F. Cameron ran in the primary and general election as a Democrat to be a state Representative for Marion County. She lost. Cameron was a member of the National Woman's Relief Corps.
Bleakman, Ida Cupon
Ida Bleakman (neÈ Cupon) was elected County Treasurer in Hardman, Morrow County, Oregon in 1918. She was married to county politician G.A. Bleakman, a Republican, who was nominated to run for county commissioner in 1922. The magazine Ore...
Bean, Martha E.
In 1918 Martha Bean of Vale, Oregon ran as a Socialist to fill a vacancy for the U.S. Senate seat from Oregon. She lost to her only opponent, Republican Frederick W. Mulkey. Bean won 15.47% of the vote to Mulkey's 84.53%.
