Winning Their Place: Arizona Women in Politics, 1883-1950

Westover, Anna R.

Anna R. Westover was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 1918 as a Democrat. While in office, she introduced the bill ratifying the 19th amendment, along with three other women in office at the time. Prior to her election, s…

Olive Failor's Campaign For Superior Court Clerk, 1918

Nellie Trent Bush's Campaign for School Trustee, 1916

Nellie Hayward's Campaign for State House of Representatives, 1918

Anna R. Westover's Campaign for State House of Representatives, 1918

Hayward, Nellie

Hayward ran for the Arizona House of Representatives in 1918 as a Democrat and won. In 1920, she ran to be Arizona Secretary of State, with an uncertain outcome. While in office, Hayward, along with three other women in the legislature at …

Bush, Nellie Trent

Nellie Trent Bush was a candidate for school trustee in Arizona in 1916. She was elected as Justice of the Peace in Parker, Arizona two years later, holding the position for six years. Bush went on to be elected to the Arizona state legisl…

Failor, Olive

Olive Failor was elected as Superior Court Clerk for Pima County, Arizona in 1918.  Failor was an attorney.

Nellie Trent Bush's Campaign for State House of Representatives, 1920

Nellie Trent Bush's Campaign for Justice of the Peace, 1918