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In 1920, Republican candidate McColgin defeated an incumbent and was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives as the first woman to fill the position. While in office, she introduced a bill to create a Bureau of Child Hygiene, was involved in a soldiers' relief program, and helped establish a Tuberculosis Sanatorium. She tried to pass many of Senator Lamar Looney's bills, which often related to public health, but most of the bills failed. Looney was the only other woman in the state legislature at the time, and had also been elected in 1920. McColgin's full name was Amelia Elizabeth McColgin.
