Daisy Deely, known as Mrs. J. E. Deely, ran for County Superintendent of Public Instruction for Comanche County, Texas in 1914 and lost. She successfully gained the position in both 1916 and 1918. Deely's husband died in 1913, leaving he...
Mrs. Mattie Trimble was appointed County Treasurer in 1911, after the previous County Treasurer (who was her husband) died. Mrs. Trimble was then elected to the position continuously before retiring in 1922.
Widowed a few months previously and with two children, Mrs. Bettie Tomerlin was elected County Treasurer for Concho County, Texas in 1914. Re-elected in 1916, she also remarried that year and became Mrs. Bettie Wood.
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...
Zena Dalrymple was elected County Clerk and Clerk for the District Court in Uvalde County, Texas in 1906. She had been hired to serve as deputy clerk for the county previously to being elected. The Dallas Morning News mistakenly reported...