Women As Candidates [Onaga Herald, April 7, 1907]

Chadborn, Avis B.

Avis B. Chadborn was the Democratic candidate for City Treasurer for Kansas City, Kansas in 1907. She lost to lawyer Tiera Farrow. Chadborn had been a stenographer in the city before her campaign.

Avis B. Chadborn's Campaign for City Treasurer, 1907

Farrow, Tierra

Tierra Farrow, a lawyer, was the first woman elected as City Treasurer in Kansas City, Kansas in 1907. She served for two terms. In 1917, with other women lawyers they  formed the Women's Bar Association of Kansas City.  Farrow w…

Tierra Farrow's Campaign for City Treasurer, 1907.

Alice Devier's Campaign for School Treasurer