Fisher, Grace

Grace Fisher was elected Clerk of the District Court for Leavenworth County, Kansas in 1914. She was considered so capable that she ran unopposed, and was re-elected for a second term in 1916, and again in 1920. Fisher was the first woman Clerk in the county. Before her election she worked as a book keeper at the county District Court, a reporter with the Kansas City Star, and then for a time with the Bell Telephone Company. In 1921 Fisher married O.J. Potter and retained her Clerkship position.