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Elsie Malcolm was elected County Superintendent of Public Schools in Butte County, South Dakota. Malcolm served in the office from 1901 for two terms. In 1906 she ran for a third time, against Susie Bird, who had served as County Superintendent of Meade County, before moving to Butte. Neither woman was affiliated with a political party and both were listed as "experienced politicians" in the local newspaper.