The Part Taken by Women in American History

Baxter, Annie White

Annie Baxter was elected County Clerk of Jasper County, Missouri in 1890. Her electoral opponent, Julius Fischer, contested the election on the grounds that women were not eligible.Baxter, however, remained in the race; the Greene County [MO] Circuit Court upheld Baxter's election. She defeated Fischer to become the first woman elected to office in the state of Missouri and the first female ...

Annie White Baxter's Campaign for County Clerk, 1890

Augustia C. Tyrrell's Campaign for School Board Member, 1890

Belle Gray's Campaign for Mayor, 1890

Annie R. Hannan's Campaign for County Superintendent of Instruction, 1894

Annie S Austin's Campaign for Mayor, 1894