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Bain, Helen
Helen Bain was one of the first women to run for political office in Nevada. Bain was elected to Humboldt County's Gold Run District school board in 1882. This was seven years before the state constitution allowed women to run for school...![Ellis, Louise S.](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/320,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
Ellis, Louise S.
Louise S. Ellis was the Republican candidate for State Secretary of State for Nevada in 1918.![Dwyer, Jean](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/320,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
Dwyer, Jean
Jean Dwyer of Washoe County, Nevada was the first woman candidate for State Assembly of that state. She ran in 1916 and did not win.![Mills, Pauline](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/320,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
Mills, Pauline
Pauline Mills was elected as Public Administrator of Esmeralda County, Nevada in 1918.![Millar, Rita D.](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/320,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
Millar, Rita D.
Rita D. Millar, a Democrat, was elected as County Recorder of Mineral County, Nevada in 1916. Millar was born near 1885 in Hawaii to Alfred J. McCarthy. She was a widowed mother of three children; two boys and one girl.![Wildes, Grace M.](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/320,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)