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Esto B. Broughton was a lawyer who was elected the California state legislature, representing Stanislaus County, in 1918. She was one of the first four women elected to the California legislature that year. Broughton was re-elected once, but lost her bid in for another term in 1924. Before her 1918 election, Broughton was a graduate of the University of California law college and a practicing lawyer.
