May Tarbell Cannon Whitaker
American writer and civic leader
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Mercedes R Cotner
Cleveland City Council clerk for more than 25 years, the first woman to fill that position.
Nettie Mackenzie Clapp
The first woman elected to the Ohio house of representatives from Cuyahoga County in 1922, two years after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
Phyllis Lamphere
Seattleite who was deeply involved in the city’s civic life for more than 50 years.
Lynn Schenk
The daughter of working–class immigrants, Democrat Lynn Schenk won a hotly contested election in a majority Republican district to become the first woman to represent San Diego, California, in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Marguerite Stitt Church
After years of assisting the political career of her husband and working for various charities, Marguerite Stitt Church won election to the House of Representatives to succeed Congressman Church after his death in 1950.
Marian Williams Clarke
Marian Williams Clarke won election to the U.S. House of Representatives less than two months after the death of her husband, Representative John Davenport Clarke.
Gladys Dorothy O’Shane
Australian political activist for the rights of Indigenous people
Mary Augusta Hickey Kennedy
Mary August Hickey Kennedy, grandmother of President John F. Kennedy, was a member of East Boston’s Irish elite, active in politics, including women’s suffrage.
League of Women Voters of Georgia
The League of Women Voters of Georgia has a long history of educating voters, promoting involvement in the political system, and advocating for equality and fairness in Georgia government.