Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas, 1909

Boyd, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Boyd was elected County Clerk and Clerk of the District Court for Lubbock County, Texas in 1908.

Burdett, Belle F.

Belle Burdett was elected to the office of County Treasurer in Red River County, Texas in 1908. She was re-elected in 1910.

Daugherty, Flora L.

Flora L. Daugherty was elected to the two offices of County Clerk and Clerk of the District Court for Brewster County, Texas in 1906. Daugherty was still serving in the office in 1910.

Alice Emmert was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction for Marion County, Texas in 1908. Emmert was elected several times to the position and retired in 1920. In the mid 1920s Alice and her sister took boarders into their home, including the future first lady, a young Lady Bird Johnson. Johnson later reported that the Emmert sisters were "real scholars" and had read everything.

Dalrymple, Zena

Zena Dalrymple was elected County Clerk and Clerk for the District Court in Uvalde County, Texas in 1906. She had been hired to serve as deputy clerk for the county previously to being elected. The Dallas Morning News mistakenly reported that in winning the two offices, Dalrymple was not the only woman elected to any office by the voters of Texas. In fact, two women had been elected in 1904,...