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Wilcox, Jennie E.
Jennie E. Wilcox, a Democrat, was elected Recorder of Lincoln County, Nevada on the Democratic ticket in 1916.
Hood, Eunice Esther
Running unopposed, Eunice Hood became the second woman, following Edna Baker, to be elected to the University of Nevada's Board of Regents in 1918. She was one of the first women to be elected to a state office in Nevada. Hood did not run …
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…
Bain, Helen
Helen Bain was one of the first women to run for political office in Nevada. Bain was elected to Humboldt County's Gold Run District school board in 1882. This was seven years before the state constitution allowed women to run for school b…
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.
McQuestian, J. Fay
Democrat, J. Fay McQuestian ran for the University of Nevada Board of Regents in 1916. She was opposed by two other women: Republican, Edna Baker and Socialist I.H. Kent. Baker won the election and thus became the first woman to hold state…
Kent, I. H.
I. H. Kent, of Fallon, campaigned for the University of Nevada Board of Regents in 1916 on the Socialist ticket. She ran against two other women: Republican, Edna Baker and Democrat, J. Fay McQuestian. Kent lost the election to her Republi…
