In 1899 Elizabeth Totten was elected mayor of Beattie, Marshall County (Kansas). Women were also elected to all the city council positions as well as the office of town clerk. A year later some of the women were not re-elected, perhaps b...
Leila C. Elliott began her public career as deputy clerk of Coffeyville, Kansas. In 1899, she was elected city clerk without opposition, with her name on both tickets. Elliott served in that capacity for three years. In 1913, she became ...