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Kate Mahoney ran for Secretary of State on the Democratic ticket in New York in 1918. Mahoney was born and raised in Troy, New York. Upon graduation from high school, she undertook a short course at Harvard University. She then led the Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association (L.C.B.A) , which provided insurance benefits to women. Mahoney represented her local chapter of the L.C.B.A at the National Convention. For her commitment to public service, Mahoney was lauded as "broad-gauged and liberal-minded...the ideal of American womanhood" by the Fraternal Monitor in 1921. Mahoney was the first woman in New York to be a candidate for this office on all tickets.
