Women in Charge County Affairs

Mattie Lund's Campaign for County Tax Collector and County Treasurer, 1918

Justine Whitney's Campaign for County Recorder, 1914

Blondin, Mae Cochrane

Mae Blondin was elected County Tax Collector for Glenn County, California in 1914. She was elected over nine other candidates in the race. Before being elected to office Blondin worked with her husband in a paper-hanging business in the co…

Kate A. Brincard's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1904

Lund, Mattie

Mattie Lund was first elected as the Tax Collector of Butte County, California in 1914 at the age of 24. Lund had attended business school after her high school graduation, and then worked as a bookkeeper before her election. Lund was elec…