Annie Web Blanton began teaching in 1886, at age 16, and continued to teach until at least 1899. From 1901 to 1918 Blanton served on the English faculty of North Texas State Normal College (now the University of North Texas) in Denton, w...
Mary Cope was elected Clerk for the District Court of Fannin County, Texas in November of 1906. In a newspaper article Cope claimed that she was running only once, and due to the financial considerations on the death of her husband. In t...
Hoe B. Balkum was one of the first women in Texas to be elected to political office. Balkum was elected Clerk of the District Court for San Jacinto County in 1904. She was first appointed to the office by Judge Hightower to fill the rema...
Lida Dougherty was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction for Bee County, Texas in 1910. She was re-elected to the position in 1912. Dougherty left the office prematurely in October of 1913 and Mary Shay filled the position ...
Adice Cameron was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction for Waller County, Texas in 1916. She was reelected in 1918 and again in 1920. She later married and became Adice Cameron Smith
May Francis Blair was elected County Clerk and Clerk for the District Court for Hemphill County, Texas in 1916. She was reelected in 1918 and again 1920. Before being elected to public office, she worked as deputy clerk. Born in New York...
Mary Conger was elected Clerk for the District Court for Tom Green County, Texas in 1916. She was reelected in 1918. Conger was reelected again in 1920, but then resigned to accept the position of Deputy Clerk for the United States court...