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Strickland, Eva

Prior to taking office, Eva Strickland worked as a teacher at and at one point served as the head of the first schoolhouse in Langtry, Texas. Strickland was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction for Val Verde County, Texas ...

Emmert, Alice

Alice Emmert was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction for Marion County, Texas in 1908. Emmert was elected several times to the position and retired in 1920. In the mid 1920s Alice and her sister took boarders into their h...

Wiseman, Annie L.

Miss Annie Wiseman was elected Clerk for the District Court of Wilson County, Texas in 1910. She was re-elected in 1912, but died by accidentally ingesting carbolic acid before she could begin her second term.

Tudor, Mary L.

Mrs. Mary L. Tudor was elected to the position of County Treasurer of Potter County, Texas in 1910 and again in 1912.

Woodward, Lula

Lula Woodward was elected County Treasurer in Archer County, Texas in 1908. Woodward continued to be elected to the office through 1922.

Reynolds, Frances L.

Miss Frances Reynolds was elected to the office of County Treasurer in Wheeler County, Texas in 1910. From 1915-1919, she worked as Wheeler's postmaster. By 1930, she was the County Treasurer of Baca, Colorado.

Templeton, Brevard

In 1909 Brevard Templeton was appointed to fill the remaining term of the County Treasurer of Ellis County, Texas. The following year she campaigned for the office and was elected to the office. She was the first woman in Ellis County, i...

Oliver, Doris

Doris Oliver was appointed as County Treasurer by the county commissioners of San Saba, Texas to complete the term of her late husband after his death in 1909. She then ran for herself and was elected to the position in 1910.