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Adeline (sometimes Adaline),T. Swift was elected to the Board of Supervisors of Penfield, Ohio in 1854. According to the Ohio State constitution all elected officials had to be electors and thus Swift was not eligible to serve in the office. Swift took the opportunity to state: "As the reward of my labors in the cause of Woman's Rights, Temperance, Equal Rights for all, irrespective of color or sex, and kindred reforms, you have honored me with your votes." She was a well-known suffrage activist for Ohio before the Civil War.
