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Williams, Mary A.
Prior to 1913 Mary A. Williams was elected Laclede County, Missouri sheriff. She was the first woman in the state to hold this position.
Herring, Mrs. F. E.
Mrs. F. E. Herring was elected to the City Council of Tyro, Kansas in 1913. A woman mayor, and two other women city council members were elected that year.
Wissler, Susan
Susan Wissler won election in 1912 as the second mayor of the small town of Dayton, Wyoming. She served two terms, until 1915. In 1911 she beat out a Democratic and a Republican candidate, running as an independent. She campaigned to clean…
Harrington, Carrie P.
Carrie P. Harrington was elected as a member of School Board for Warren, Ohio, in 1898. That year there were two women elected to the school board under a new school law. In the primary election four men and two women, Carrie P. Harrington…
Hebschle, Charlotte
Charlotte Hebschle, a Democrat, was elected as City Treasurer of Leadville, Colorado in 1911. She ran again for the office in 1914.
Pietz, Mrs. Charles P.
Mrs. Charles P. Pietz was elected to the New York City school board before 1914.
Maley, Rose A. Bird
Rose Maley, a Democrat, was elected Wyoming state superintendent of public instruction, serving from 1911-1914. Mrs. Bird-Maley authored School Laws of the State of Wyoming in Force 1913 (later re-issued).
Longhurst, Addie
Addie Longhurst was elected County Recorder for Unitah County, Utah, in 1904. In 1906 Longhurst ran against two other women and lost to her Democratic challenger.
Haynes, Mrs. S. J.
Mrs. S. J. Haynes was elected as a member of the School Board in Springfield, Illinois, some time before 1914.
