Historic Context for Suffrage and Women’s Rights in Nevada

Dwyer, Jean

Jean Dwyer of Washoe County, Nevada was the first woman candidate for State Assembly of that state. She ran in 1916 and did not win.

Mills, Pauline

Pauline Mills was elected as Public Administrator of Esmeralda County, Nevada in 1918.

Edna Caitlin Baker's Campaign for Board of School Trustees, 1916

Baker, Edna Caitlin

In  1916 Edna Caitlin Baker was elected to the school board of Sparks, Nevada. Later that same year she became the first woman to elected to a statewide office in Nevada. Baker was nominated to the Republican ticket, unopposed, and ca…

Wildes, Grace M.

Grace M. Wildes ran as a candidate in the Democratic primary for the office of State Controller of Nevada in 1918. She did not win the primary.

Lewis, Mrs.

Mrs. Lewis was elected to the White River District School Board in Nye County, Nevada in 1888.

Mrs. Lewis' Campaign for School Board Member, 1888

Millar, Rita D.

Rita D. Millar, a Democrat, was elected as County Recorder of Mineral County, Nevada in 1916. Millar was born near 1885 in Hawaii to Alfred J. McCarthy. She was a widowed mother of three children; two boys and one girl.

Jean Dwyer's Campaign for State Assembly, 1916