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![Hawkins, May S.](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/360,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
May S. Hawkins was elected to the office County Superintendent of Instruction for Pulaski County, Illinois in 1906. She was a popular Superintendent and was elected to the office for a total of twenty-five years.