Women Run for Office: Democrats Put Widows of Volunteer Firemen on Ticket

Barmore, Henrietta Lane

On March 4, 1919, Henrietta Lane Barmore became the first woman to be elected to office in Westchester County, New York as Village Treasurer. Running on the Democratic ticket, she won by a large plurality to Republican, Max Saloman. In N...

Greene, Augusta

In November 1919, Augusta Greene campaigned for the position of Overseer of the Poor in Cortland Township, New York on the Democratic Ticket. Running in a heavily Republican area, she lost to the Republican Candidate, Willard Field. Gree...

Kate A. Wilson's Primary Election Campaign for County Commission of Schools, 1919

Henrietta Lane Barmore's Campaign for Tax Receiver, 1919

Luella B. Clark's Campaign for State Assemblyman, 1919

Augusta Greene's Campaign for Overseer of the Poor, 1919

Caroline L. Strobel's Campaign for Municipal Court Judge, 1919