From collection Candidates
![Watson, Emily Crane](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/360,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
In 1900 Republican Emily Crane Watson was elected Iron County, Utah recorder. In this year, there were several candidates, all of them women. Watson was re-elected two years later. Watson, a Mormon, was active in the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association, and a stake board counselor.