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Jessie O. Yancey was the County Superintendent of Schools of Mason County, Kentucky, serving two terms, from 1910 till 1918. She was the first woman to be elected to public office in Mason County. Yancey created a consolidated transportation system and supervised the consolidation of Mason schools. She was interested in health issues, and believed that health was closely related to education. She was a cousin of Rebekah Hord, mayor of Maysville, the first female mayor of Kentucky.
