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Ryan, Kate G.
Kate G. Ryan was elected County Clerk and Treasurer of Storey 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 fou…
Klotz, Julia
Julia Klotz was elected County Recorder and Auditor for Minden County, Nevada in 1918.
Mills, Pauline
Pauline Mills was elected as Public Administrator of Esmeralda County, Nevada in 1918.
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 Republi…
Eddy, Alice M.
In 1918, Alice M. Eddy campaigned on the Socialist ticket for the position of Secretary of State of Nevada.
Bain, Helen
Helen Bain was one of the first women to run for political office in Nevada. Bain was elected to Humboldt County's Gold Run District school board in 1882. This was seven years before the state constitution allowed women to run for school b…
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 run …
Ellis, Louise S.
Louise S. Ellis was the Republican candidate for State Secretary of State for Nevada in 1918.
