The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-14
WORLD OF WOMEN
0FFlCEHOLDERS

In the Municipal Review for Janu-
AIRY n long list Is given of the women
oifceholdcrs IN tho United states, for
| il appears that at the present moment
women are filling every position in a
municipality from that OF Mayor to
police officer, as we'll as national and
state Offices. Though the list was q
long one yet since it was compiled
many more women have been either
elected or appointed to important pub
lie places. Even another woman May
or has been elected. making the sixth
In the country. Mrs. Clara Larson. in
Troutvillc, ore, who won the place by
IA majority of Ave over her male com
pCtitor.
! Thirteen women are city trcasurers.
all in Western cities
EnSf Follows Suit.
! Town OF city women clerks arc no
( longer a novelty IN the West and the
innovation is spreading in the Eastern
I portion of the country. for Mrs. Lii
! liam w. King has been made assistant
! town clerk and assistant registrar OF
vital statistics in Naugatuck. Conn
! The only woman running for office
! III recent election in Santa Barbara
! Cal. was Miss Christine lIolmbcrg, who
MAS a candidate for the Office of town
clerk. Miss iIolmberg carried practi-
Gully every precinct In tho city. even
/ that Of her male opponent. who was
/ heateu three To one.
/ Wahi5iakum. the smallest county In
! the state of Washington. has woman
clerk. Miss Mary G. Cooper. whose work
is highly complimented for Its eff
cheney in the last bureau Of inspection
/ report.
The first woman oticcholdcr in Chris
/ tian County. Ill. is Mrs. Minnie pat
( tcrscn, OF Rosamond. who has been
elected by the township board as tax
( collector to succeed her husband, who
+ died recently.
( Miss Lucy l.. Wilson has been APP
pointed deputy recorder of deeds in
/ Sussex County. Del.
! y Legal City Adviser.
In the absence OF the city attorney
! OF Butte, Mon, and the illness OF the
two assistant city attorneys, all the
legal business OF tho city Is In the hands
Of Miss Charlotte McAulcy. who is act
ing as the city legal adviser
Miss Margaret Gardiner Is assistant
! prosecuting attorney OF Los Angeles
Cal She handles the cases OF women
! Cheyenne. Wyo, has adopted the com
mission form of government. ana Miss
, RerthH Myers, who is known as one of
/ the most expert accountants IN the city
has been appointed deputy to the com
I mission of finance.
Or. Katherine Rcmcnt Davis has been
made commissioner of corrections in
New York by the Mayor. She has SUI
/ pcrNision of the Tombs Backwclrs Is
land the seven prisons OF Greater New
York and other kindred institutions
Miss Davis is the first woman 10 head
this city department.
Mrs Mary Wolfe Dargin has been
nominated by President Wilson as
register In the Land Office In Colorado
Miss Margaret g. Fitzgerald. of Ash
bourne, MONTGOMERY County. Pa has
been appointed stcnographcr in the
new Income tax division of the Inter
nal Revenue Office in Washington
Miss Winifrcd Stewart is deputy of
commission on public lands in Wyom-
ing, one Of the most important appoint
i've offices In tho State.
Miss Charlotte Humboldt Is chief of
the rccreative department of the city
government of st. Louis.
Miss Frances Davis Is state Librarian
in Wyoming.
!, Massachusetts First.
Miss barbara Galpiu has been aD-
pointed Il member Of the planning boar,
of Sumcrvi!lc. Mass, said to be the
first woman so honorcd in the state.
Miss Julia I.athrop Is chief of tho
Federal Childrcn's bureau and Miss
Helen l.. Sumner is the statistical OK
pert in the same bureau
Mrs. Gcogrc II. Earle. Mrs AIcNan-
der laughiin ana Dr. Mary y Wolfe
are members of the commission to es-
tablish cottage colony for feeble
minded women on a state reserve In
Pennsylvania, appointed by Governor
,Tcncr.
The post-oiice has always employed
women. the latest Appointments being
that Of Mrs. ellen NJ. Bollcs for tho
ipostmaStcrship Of IImbcrton. ~ NJ
Mrs. Holcs passed a civil service cx
animation and obtained more than III.
requisite seventy.
Miss Grace McArron is stcnoeraphcr
for the Houghton County grand jury
Investigating the copper miners strike
in Michigan.
Miss Kate Barnard is state commits
lsioncr of charities and corrections in
oklahoma. Mrs Il. g McCrcdic has
been appointed on the state board oi
health IN the state OF Washington, ant
is said to be interchangeable aud capa
bic. Miss Helen Lynn is supcrnitcn.
dent OF nurses in the Municipal IIospi.
tai of Houston, Tex. Miss Mabel Jar-
lrctt is assistant superintendent Of the
Ossining Hospital at Ossining, y. Y.
Chicago Winnor.
Or Sarah IIobson. OF Chicago, In.
been elected editor ANA secretary o
the American Institute OF Homeopathy
lheCe were twenty male applicants foi
tn" place.
81. Louis Mo. has two women Judges
who are probation officers Of tho .u
Vcnilc Court; Mrs l.. c. Runge ant
Miss Catherine Dunn. Their jurisdic
q
linqucnts who VIII no longer be trie,
IN open court but in Il private room
no outsiders being admitted
The first woman probation officer Il
Nevada has been appointed to look af
lie" the interests of the women and chill
drcn of Tonopah. Already there hni
beer an Improvement in the life OF tn
! mining camps. saloons and dance halls
= sac drops into these TWO latter at an!
: time. day or night. and sends hom
I minors she may find there.
! The woman police officer is provin;
= success, and more cities are employ
: ing them. Major Funkhouser. "A dcpu
e " superintendent of police in Chicago
Il saws that city needs more than the tc
Ii already ON the force. and Councils Is L