From collection Candidates
In November 1919, Augusta Greene campaigned for the position of Overseer of the Poor in Cortland Township, New York on the Democratic Ticket. Running in a heavily Republican area, she lost to the Republican Candidate, Willard Field. Greene was widowed the previous year when her husband, Dr. Charles F. Greene, died acting as a volunteer firefighter at the Fleischmann Manufacturing Company's plant. She depended on the women and fireman vote.
