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Cannon, Dr. Martha Hughes
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Democratic
State/Territory
Utah
Region
West
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Cannon, Dr. Martha Hughes
Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon was elected to the Utah State Senate in 1896. She was the first woman state senator in the United States. Cannon had been a school teacher, newspaper typesetter, dish washer, and a secretary. She graduated from m...
Gentle Persuaders: Utah's First Women Legislators, in Carol Cornwall Madsen, ed., Battle for the Ballot: Essays on Woman Suffrage in Utah, 1870-1896
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