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Murray, Geraldine H.

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New York Tribune

Publication Date

11/16/1919

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http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1919-11-16/ed-1/seq-81/;words=Elizabeth+Gillette?date1=1836&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1922&proxtext=%22Elizabeth+Gillette%22&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=19

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Dr. Elizabeth Van Rensselaer Gillette's Campaign for Assembly Member, 1918

Gillette, Dr. Elizabeth Van Rensselaer

In 1919, Dr. Elizabeth V. Gillette became the first woman from an upstate county to be elected to the New York State Assembly. This was her second bid for the office. Her victory was the first time in seventeen years that Schenectady Count…