Nevada

Ryan, Kate G.

Kate G. Ryan was elected County Clerk and Treasurer of Storey County, Nevada in 1918.

Clinton, Annie B.

Annie Clinton was elected to be the Lincoln County, Nevada Superintendent of Schools in 1898.

Dolan, Eva Succetti

Eva Succetti Dolan was elected as County Clerk for Lincoln County, Nevada in 1918.

Curieux, Jennie A.

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

Lewis, Mrs.

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

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…

Devlin, Amy A.

Amy A. Devlin was elected County Recorder and Auditor for Lincoln County, Nevada in 1918.

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 enc…

Hurst, Sadie D.

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

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…