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![Carter, Rowena](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/360,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
Rowena Carter was elected County School Commissioner in Clark County, Missouri in 1901. She was the first woman to hold this office.
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