Mary Lily

Mary M. Lilly's Campaign for State House of Representatives or Assembly, 1918

Lilly, Mary M.

Mary M. Lilly, a widow, ran successfully for the New York State Assembly in 1918 as a Democrat from the 7th District. She and Ida Sammis were among the first women to be elected after New York State women won the vote in 1917. Lilly was ba…