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![History of Jefferson County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement](https://odyssey.historyit.com/img/thumbnail/Shelf.png?no_errors=1&oauth_consumer_key=c8db337ad6a7d4011a87203a6fbc9d1f0600db9d6&oauth_nonce=f7cb1b859ca01ca521fc1b150f1ee862&oauth_signature=kyleWt9VhqxDxhDf0nT7c7v%2Fn14%3D&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&oauth_timestamp=1720108573&oauth_version=1.0)
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Buchanan, Bessie B.
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Chidester, June
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Heald, Alice L.
Alice L. Heald was elected County Superintendent of Schools for Jefferson County, Iowa in 1889. She served in the office through 1895. Heald was the first woman in Jefferson County to be elected to political office.![Swan, Laura B.](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/320,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
Swan, Laura B.
Laura B. Swan was elected County Superintendent of Schools for Jefferson County, Iowa in 1895. She served in the office through 1899.![White, Anna](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/320,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)