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![Greene, Augusta](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/360,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
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.