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Gillette, Dr. Elizabeth Van Rensselaer
Gillette, Dr. Elizabeth Van Rensselaer
In 1919, Dr. Elizabeth V. Gillette became the first woman from an upstate county to be elected to the New York State Assembly. This was her second bid for the office. Her victory was the first time in seventeen years that Schenectady Cou...