From collection Candidates
C. Louise Boehringer was elected County Superintendent of Instruction for Yuma County, Arizona in 1913. She served in that office until 1917. Boehringer was the first woman elected to public office in Arizona. The previous County Superintendent was the first elected official to have been recalled by the voters, due to a scandal involving allegations of his having an improper relationship with one of the teachers he supervised. He then attempted to overturn Boehringer's election through several court cases, but she eventually prevailed. In 1920 Boehringer was elected to the Arizona state, where she went on to sponsor legislation on educational reform. In 1917 Boehringer purchased the Arizona Teacher Magazine, which she edited until 1939.
