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Mary Burness' Campaign for School Board, 1908

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Mary Burness' Campaign for School Board, 1908
Campaign Title
Mary Burness' Campaign for School Board, 1908
Candidate
Burness, Mary Young 
Marital Status
Married 
Campaign Success
Yes 
Political Party During Campaign
Unknown 
Political Office Type
Local 
Campaign Date
1908
City/Town
Fresno
State/Territory
California 
Region
Pacific 
Resources
Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction Being the Fifity-Fifth Report Upon the Public ... 
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Burness, Mary Young
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Mary Burness was elected to the School Board in Fresno, California in 1908. She and two other women were elected that year. Newspaper accounts reported that the three women ran against their own husbands.
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