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![Wilcox, Lavinia](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/360,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
In 1897 Lavinia Wilcox was elected to the Jamestown, Cloud County (Kansas) city council. In that year the mayor and all council members were women.
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