Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

Edith Nourse Rogers and Mrs. John W..
Langley both have been reelected, in
dicating that they have not only at
tanned a distinguished place in our
political organization, but have proved
themselves capable of retaining it.
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A study of the State Legislatures Is
very interesting, revealing the names
of 149 women who are now being car
ried on the rosters of State legislative
bodies, 38 State rolls having one or
more members of the sex listed. This
record is a gain over that OF l92f-2o,
when 1875 women served.
Republicans are leading in the States,
also in the matter of recognizing wom-
en- as valuable political workers. There
are 80 Republican woman legislators.
AZ Democrats, with no party deslg-
nation and 3 non-partiSan.
Iowa was. the first State to elect a
woman to the Legislature. Connecticut
leads today with 20 women serving
Fifteen women have been elected as
State senators and IL have been elect
ed to their fourth terms IN their re-
spective houses.
rs for other State government posts,
two women have served as governors
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross of wyoming
and Mrs. II. A. Ferguson OF Texas.
Both were Democrats.
Six States have woman secretaries
of state, including Texas, New Mexico,
New York, Kentucky, South Dakota
and Delaware. Miss Una Lee Roberts
has been assistant secretary of state In
Oklahoma for six years.
State treasury departments are pre-
sided over by women in Indiana, North
Dakota and Kentucky. Arizona and
Mississippi have women as auditors
while both Wisconsin and Texas have
feminine assistant treaSurerS.
There are also several assistant
attorneys general recruited from the
women's ranks, notably In New York
Texas and Arkansas, and several
States have women on the governor:
council and heading the State labor
! departments.
Many women hold important posts ir
| the State welfare departments, civil
service commissions and other State
branches of the government, including
| the post OF game warden, which seem!
to be growing rapidly in popularity.
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1t is generally conceded that womer
have made more inroads into the Office;
of county government than into thos,
of other units of government. Will,
| it is impossible to obtain complete
records, the survey indicates that Their,
| is hardly position in county govern
ment that a woman has not filled
Women may be found serving as count!
registrars, treasurers, commissioners
coroners, school superintendent, clerks
register of deeds, recorders, auditors
| attorneys, purchasing agents, sheriff
and on boards supervising penitentia
ries, schools, welfare institutions ant
elections
Miss Annie Matthews is serving he
second term as registrar of New Yorl
] County, and she receives one of tn
largest salaries paid to a woman. TIL
salary is $4,000 year.
The office of school superintendent /
a popular Office with women. particu
larly in the Middle and Far West. I
is reported that so of the IS countie
in Colorado have woman school super
intendents, and that this same rati
prevails In Minnesota, Montana, Wyo
ming, Illinois. Washington, Wisconsin
and New Mexico.
The position of sheriff also attract
women. Five States are known to hay
had woman sheritfs-Kansas, Ohio
Michigan. South Dakota and Wisconsin
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Reports from all parts of the countr,
show that women are serving as mayor
in a number of the smaller cities. wit
the exception of Seattle, Wash, wnicl
had Mrs. Bertha K. Landes as mayo
for one term, women have not bee
elected mayor of the larger citie.
Among the cities and towns which hav
woman mayors are Redondo Beach
Calf; CARRIER. Mo-; EStelle Mano,
N. j.; Casa Grande, Ariz.: Grover
Colo; Gilmore. Iowa; st. Peter an
HinckleY. Mimi. Mrs. Bessie Moore @
Candor. N. Y. the first woman to
elected mayor in the southern tier @
New York State towns. refused to &C
cept the Office
A woman has been member of tn
New York City Board of Alderman
since 1926. first Mrs Ruth Baker Pratt
and now Mrs. Ebba M. Winslow.
The highest woman official in Chicag
is Mrs. Anna L. Smith. commissions
of public welfare.
Several city councils have had woma
members. among them being CLEVELAND
Cambridge, Mass; Portland, Me-; De
Moines, Iowa; New Haven. Conn
RobertSville Ala: West Hartford. Conr
The popularity of several city posi-
lions Is almost as great as that G
country superintendent of schools. Thi
is particularly true of the Office of clerl
treasurer. commissioner of accounts, an
membership on charter commission!
school committees and boards of edu
cation.
A survey in Connecticut In 1927 CAV
ample evidence of the extent to whic
women have accepted responsibilities
in CITY or town Offices. In las town:
out of total of 1853. women are actin
in IS capacities. There we're 253 O
school committees or boards of edu
cation.