Winning Their Place: Arizona Women in Politics, 1883-1950

Bush, Nellie Trent

Nellie Trent Bush was a candidate for school trustee in Arizona in 1916. She was elected as Justice of the Peace in Parker, Arizona two years later. Bush went on to be elected to the Arizona state legislature in 1920 and served for 14 ye...

Hayward, Nellie

Hayward ran for the Arizona House of Representatives in 1918 as a Democrat and won. In 1920, she ran to be Arizona Secretary of State, with an uncertain outcome. While in office, Hayward, along with three other women in the legislature a...

Westover, Anna R.

Anna R. Westover was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 1918 as a Democrat. While in office, she introduced the bill ratifying the 19th amendment, along with three other women in office at the time. Prior to her election,...

Nellie Trent Bush's Campaign for School Trustee, 1916

Nellie Hayward's Campaign for State House of Representatives, 1918

Nellie May Edwards's Campaign for County Superintendent of Public Schools, 1918

Nellie Trent Bush's Campaign for Justice of the Peace, 1918

Anna R. Westover's Campaign for State House of Representatives, 1918

Jane Louise Olcott's Campaign for Board of Aldermen, 1918

Nellie Trent Bush's Campaign for State House of Representatives, 1920