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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...
Clinton, Annie B.
Annie Clinton was elected to be the Lincoln County, Nevada Superintendent of Schools in 1898.
Ryan, Kate G.
Kate G. Ryan was elected County Clerk and Treasurer of Storey County, Nevada in 1918.
Lewis, Mrs.
Mrs. Lewis was elected to the White River District School Board in Nye County, Nevada in 1888.
Jahn, Grace
Grace Jahn was elected to City Council in Lovelock, Nevada in 1919.
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.
Eddy, Alice M.
In 1918, Alice M. Eddy campaigned on the Socialist ticket for the position of Secretary of State of Nevada.
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.
Millar, Rita D.
Rita D. Millar, a Democrat, was elected as County Recorder of Mineral County, Nevada in 1916. Millar was born near 1885 in Hawaii to Alfred J. McCarthy. She was a widowed mother of three children; two boys and one girl.
