Curieux, Jennie A.

Jennie A. Curieux was elected County Recorder and Auditor of Nye County, Nevada in 1918.

Keith, Mattie J.

Mattie (Matilda) J. Keith was the first woman elected to County Clerk of Elko County, Nevada in 1916. She campaigned on the Democratic ticket. Keith was born on Jun 1877 to Emma Keith. In the 1900 census, she was the oldest of at least f...

Hurst, Sadie D.

Sadie D. Hurst ran for the Nevada state House in 1918. Hurst was the first woman to serve in Nevada's legislature. She was active in Nevada's suffrage campaign.

Martin, Anne Henrietta

Anne Martin, suffragist, writer, lobbyist, and peace activist announced as a candidate for the U.S. Senate in March 1918. She was the first woman to run for the U.S. Senate, campaigning for a seat from her home state of Nevada. She was e...

Baker, Edna Caitlin

Edna Caitlin Baker became the first woman to elected to a statewide office in Nevada in 1916. She was nominated to the Republican ticket, unopposed, and campaigned for a two year term to the office of the University of Nevada's Board of ...

Lewis, Mrs.

Mrs. Lewis was elected to the White River District School Board in Nye County, Nevada in 1888.

Kent, I. H.

I.H. Kent, of Fallon, campaigned for the University of Nevada Board of Regents in 1916 on the Socialist ticket. She ran against two other women: Republican, Edna Baker and Democrat, J. Fay McQuestian. Kent lost the election to her Republ...

Dwyer, Jean

Jean Dwyer of Washoe County, Nevada was the first woman candidate for State Assembly of that state. She ran in 1916 and did not win.

Hood, Eunice Esther

Running unopposed, Eunice Hood became the second woman, following Edna Baker, to be elected to the University of Nevada's Board of Regents in 1918. She was one of the first women to be elected to a state office in Nevada. Hood did not ru...

Eddy, Alice M.

In 1918, Alice M. Eddy campaigned on the Socialist ticket for the position of Secretary of State of Nevada.