Evening star., 1924-12-07
Special Dispatch to The star.

NEW YORK. December 6-Women
are now represented in practically all
types of local elective offices in the
United States, according to a recent
study by the bureau of vocational
Information, , West Forty-third
street. No record has been found
OF woman coroner, but women are
holding almost every other kind of
elective post
Historically, the most important de-
Velopment of the State contests in
the recent election, the bureau finds,
is the election Of women as governors
! of the States of Texas and Wyoming
New Mexico has had a woman lieu
tenant governor, but this is the first
time the chief executive office has
been intrusted to woman.
Both Governors Are Mothers.
Mrs. Miriam \. Ferguson, governor
elect of Texas, will be inaugurated a
rev months less than eight years
after her husband resigned as gov
| ernor in face of impeachment
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, governor
OF wyoming, will serve the unexpired
| term of her husband, the late Gov.
! Ross, to its end in 1925
Both women have children and have
/ been essentially homemakers, acuuir-
! ing their training for their present
responsibilities from interest in and
support Of their husbands activities.
wyoming has been consistently pro-
| ereSsiVe in its position with regard
! to women as citizens. They were
! given fun equal suffrage so years
! ago, when the 9,11S residents applied
! Tor the status of a territory and
they have been voting ever since, and
have successfully filled minor posts.
! The candidacy of a woman for the
| position of Governor came as a
| natural development.
| Editorial opinion, according to the
! bureaus observations, has generally
| pointed out that the women Cover
| nors have not won political recog-
| milton in the same way that men do,
but that sentimental reasons entered
| into both elections.
| In regard to women in Congress-"
| the report continues, 1.-THE experience
| has been somewhat similar OF the
| four women who have occupied seats
| IN the House of Representatives Mrs
| Winitred Huck of Illinois filled ont
| the uneNplrtd term of her father for
| TWO months: Mrs. Mae Nolan, widow
OF Representative John Nolan of Cali
fornla, was chosen TO fill her hus-
hand : seat for an uneXpired term.
The only woman who has ever come
near the United States Senate was
was appointed as a gracious gesture
in 1922
ON the other hand. the first woman
IN congress. Jeanette Rankin of Mon
! tana, won her place in the House of
Representatives by hard political
contest To her refusal to vote for
| the declaration OF war her failure to
De reelected was largely attributed
Alice Robertson of Oklahoma, who
followed hay ,1p
term. She incurred the disapproval
of many women's organizations
through her opposition to the Shep-
pard-Iowner maternity and infancy
bill.
Elected This Year
"One woman has been elected 10 a
seat i'll the House this year Mrs
Robert l. Norton of New Jersey is
the first woman Representative from
an Eastern State. She won her nom
tnation by good party service She has
been vice chairman of the county
Democratic organization and of the
Democratic State committee in New
Jersey The first office to which she
was elected was that of freeholder in
New Jersey, in charge of county
almshouses and hospitals.
Five other Democratic candidates
were defeated in solidly Republican
districts, although Nellie Cline, in
Kansas, with two years of service in
the State Legislature to her credit and
Mrs. Mary Giles Howard of Tennes-
see. were such close competitors of
their opponents that first reports
credited them with election.
Among women chosen to fill State
offices an outstanding figure is Mrs.
Florence f. S. Knapp elected as Sec
retary of State in New York, the only
woman on the State ticket of either
of the major parties. Four years ago
a woman candidate for the same office
in New York and, this year candi-
dates for the same office in Rhode Is
land, West Virginia and Missouri
were defeated. a woman has held
this office in at least one other State,
New Mexico"
Miss Knapp won her nomination by
sheer political strength, the report
remarks. She will have many and
varied duties, and probably will have
the designation of fully 1000 officials
for the decennial enumeration of in
habitants of the State preparatory to
reappointment of Senate and Assembly
districts
Three women were elected TO the
office Of State superintendent of educa-
ton, or superintendent of public instruc-
tion in Colorado, Mrs G. G. Bradford,
serving a fifth term in this position; in
North Dakota Minnie J. Nelson was re-
elected, and in Washington Mrs. Joseph
inc Corliss Preston This position has
been held by women in Idaho. Iowa,
Montana, New Mexico and Wyoming
also.
Women were elected as judge of
the Probate Court in two counties in
Connecticut and one in Ohio. Judge
Florence Allen of the Supreme Court
Of Ohio still stands as the one Wom-
an in a State court. Indiana elected
"A woman to State office for the first
time in choosing Mrs Emma Eaton
White as reporter in the Supreme
Court Women are being sent to the
Assembly for the first time in Ne
braska, and Wisconsin and Illinpis
elected a woman to the State Senate
for the first time.
Sixty-five Are Married.
According to what is said to be the
most complete tabulation yet made,
out of the 122 women chosen for
State offices at the recent election,
65 are married, IL unmarried 4and As
are reported with mo prefix Nine
ty-six were nominated by the Repub-
lican party and Is by the Democratic,
and no party designation was report
ed in the remaining Is cases.
There has not been time, the bu-
reau says, to obtain complete re-
port of women chosen to fill local Of
fees, but there has been a decided in
crease in the number. 1928 report
from Wisconsin showed more than
100 women holding municipal offices,
including / mayor, city treasurers,
) city clerks, ''alderwomen" and an
auditor. In villages, 10 women had
been elected as village clerks, "a as
treasurers, as trustees, 2 as asses
sors. as justices of the peace and
l as constable. In the preceding year