Angie Bean of Asotin County, Washington was appointed as County Superintendent of Schools in 1884. In the next election, held a few months later, she was elected with seventy percent of the votes cast. Bean had been one of the firs...
Othilia G.C. Beals ran for Justice of the Peace in Seattle, Washington in 1918, after serving in this office in her brother's stead in the First World War. She was the first female graduate of the first graduating class at the University...
Mrs. J. Anderson of King County, Washington Territory was elected Justice of the Peace November 4, 1884. She, and Eliza A. Forbes were the first two women to be elected to this office in the Territory.
Anna K. Colwell was elected representative to the Washington State Legislature in 1920. She represented Snohomish County. Although a Republican, Colwell was nominated by the Democratic Party and subsequently won the election for this par...