Women in Western Elections

Rose M. Parker's Campaign for County Superintendent of Instruction, 1910

Parker, Jessie Amelia

Jessie Amelia Parker (Gertje) was elected mayor of Kendrick, Idaho in 1898 at the young age of 22. She was married to George Gertje in December 1898, upon which she took his last name.

Ruby, Ella

Ella Ruby was elected to the one year office of City Clerk of Delta, Colorado, in 1898. She ran again the following year.

Laura D. Pollock's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1899

Martha Rumpler's Campaign for State Senate, 1918

Newell, Anna

Anna Newell was elected to the city council of Burlington, Colorado in 1898, along with another woman Charlotte J Godsman.

Anna Newell's Campaign for City Council, 1898

Laura Combs' Campaign for Alderman, 1898

Godsman, Charlotte Josephine

Charlotte J Godsman was elected to the city council of Burlington, Colorado in 1898, along with another woman Anna Newell. Her husband, Paul Bromley Godsman, was the first county judge of the Kit Carson County, Colorado.

Hicks, Mattie L.

Mattie L. Hicks, the Democratic candidate, was elected the town treasurer of Rico, Colorado in 1898. She ran in 1899 as the Democratic candidate was elected again. Hicks was elected to a third term in 1901 and again the following year.