The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-27
MANY WOMEN
OFFICEHOLDERS
Range from Jurors and
Sheriffs to a Member of
Congress
MISSOURI LEADS /.
ALL OTHER STATES
Has Nine Women County Treasures
and Four In Other Positions = Two
Women Sherifs In Michigan - super
intendents of Education. ~

Wamen Sheriffs In Michigan - Super
intendents of Education.
CHICAGQ,sDeq. 27.-Ollahoma with a !
congresswnlnan in the 9th congress,
Kansas and Texas With women as state
superintendent Of public instruction,
Missouri with mines county treasurers out
of I3 women elected to county offices and
Michigan possessing. two women sheriffs,
take the leading places of distinction on
the suffrage question in the Central West
as the result of the recent nationwide
election.
Women have entered nearly every field
of public service, from juror and school
trustee to member of the national house
Of representatives and following last
months election, Miss Alice Robertson
Of Muskogee. Okla, past sixty" sue
cessful restaurant proprietor and inci-
dentally, an opponent OF woman Suffrage
viii take her set as the second woman
ever sent to the national congress.
Missouri showed the greatest liking for
women ottice-hOldeTs although they are
not eligible Tor state offices. Nine coun-
ties elected women treasurers, three Sc
elected women as public administrators
and one Il recorder OF deeds.
Ten women were elected TO office in
Michigan, including one state senator, but
perhaps the most unique selections were
those of Mrs. EstelIa X Gates and Mrs
Jane johnson. both of whom succeed
their husbands as sheriff Mrs Gates
takes an active part IN church and club
work of honor, county seat of BenZie
county, and has three children and six
grandchildren. Mrs. johnson, who is G5
years Old says she is confident she cam
arrest amy bad man who violates the
law in Roscommon county. She will APP
point her husband "A deputy and aside
from caring for the prisoners Of the
county Jail. VIII also look after her three
children.
/ Miss Alice Sampson. for 10 years clerk
in the county drain commissioners office
at Hillsdale. Mich. barely defeated her
employer for the position at the Novem-
Der election:
Mrs. Eva NJ Hamilton. the first woman
to sit in the Michigan state senate is 40
years old and a former school teacher.
She IS from Grand Rapids, where. she is
/ known as The Mother of City Mar
kets," having conceived, and persuaded
the city council to adopt a plan by which
farmers sell their produce direct TO con
sumeIs.
Three county treasurers. two regis
trars .Qf deeds and one county clerk
elected in Michigan in November are also
. W.OEfpE4,t<s f-sS4-.L as -'t s--a..- fr FT-.
Oklahoma rave three women distinctly
prominent Etf~lttbtS Htlllt Nii' was tAtt''AtN
it. Aside from sending Miss Robertson
to CONFESS. a state senator, Mrs. Lamar
I0oney. and a state representatives. Mrs,
Bessie =. McColgln. were selected by the
, Oklahoma voters. Mrs. Looney, a widow
, and mother OF five children, held the
county clerkship of GHeer county Tor
four years and i'm addition managed a
2 100 acre farm educated her children and
. succeeded IN defeating her male opponent
. in the senatorial race by more than Il two
al. H.
= cidcd to have women as county clerk,
county assessor, court clerk and county
- treasurer.
Mrs. McColgin. who comes from Roger
. Mills county has gained u reputation as
a capable business woman as a result OF
- association with her husband in tele-
To- phone line operation.
Miss Annie Webb Rlanton, was re-
- elected state Superintendent OF pubic m
struction in Texas.
II Kansas also reelected n woman AZ state
q suneTmteEdeut Of public instruction. Miss
@ Lorraine Elizabeth Wooster OF Hall1a;
: She has several degrees and was admitted
= to the Kansas bar. Miss Wooster IS the
b author OF a number of text books and at
+ tracted considerable attention by her an
l. ti-tohacco CAMPAIGN. in which she advo-
Gated dismissal of any men instructors
who used tobacco in any form.
Four women legislators, all elected To
fine lower house, will sit IN the Kansas
= legislature. Mrs. Minnie Grinstead OF
1 Seward comfy was reflected: the Others
are SERVING their first terms. They are;
4 Miss Nellie Cline of Iarned. elected
from Pawnee county on the Demoerat(
ticket ALTHOUGH the county went RepuDh
can by over 1000 plurality. She is q
law partner of her father having been al
I mitted to the lar in 1912.
: Mrs Minnie Minnich of Wellington
4 wife Of a locomotive engineer. says she
I, .'aot into politics TO helm defeat proposed
) i compulsory military training She LOST
: a brother in the World war.
! Mrs. Ida NJ Walker of Norton, vas
Il formerly president OF the Kansas Fed
Grafton of Women's clubs and has beer
f a leader in state and local civic move
II Mss Florence f. Allen. with nine mer
& candidates opposing her. was elected com
I mon nlcas Judge If Crvahoga county, Q
I, She is &c years old aud has heen a news
+ parer woman. law student and assistant
II Colrntv prosecutor since 1906. Miss Alter
a was admitted to the Ohio bar IN 1911
II and has nracticed in Cleveland since then
Mrs. A. \. Norton. 80. was elected pro
n bate Judge of Lake county, ONO, ate
= ecrvino as deputy clerk for II years
/ Mrs. Norton defeated Homer Harper
- nrcsecittinc attorney for Lake county. 70!
y . 500 plurality for the Office, Mrs. Mar!
. X Davev was elected Urosecutlng attor
e nev of Hooking county, Ohio.
y The first woman to sit IN the Indiana
~ house of representatives Will be Mrs
d Julia D. Nelson of Alunce. She was tn
: onIy woman elected to- state office, las
d November. Mrs Nelson is the wife o
AIuncie newspaper man.
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