Mary A. Peck's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1871

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Mary A. Peck's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1871

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Mary A. Peck's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1871

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Yes

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Political Office Type

County
Education

County

Wapello

State/Territory

Iowa

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Mary A. Peck was elected County Superintendent of Schools for Wapello County, Iowa in 1871. She was one of the first women in the state, and the nation, to be elected to this office. Peck later opened a private school for the train...