Gertrude M. Thurston was elected supervisor of New Trier, Cook County, Illinois in 1915. She was one of several women elected to local offices in the state that year.
Katherine P. Girling was elected to the school board of New Trier, Cook County, Illinois, in 1914. Girling was a writer and promoted the study of English literature through Cook County women's clubs. Several women in Illinois were electe...