A short article from The Nation addressing the topic of the U.S. elections of 1916 and how well women candidates fared in those contests, particularly in the Western states where gains where strongest:
“The continued election of women to minor offices may be taken as showing that suffrage has increased the number of those from whom fit choices can be made.”
1924 was a very important year for American women in politics…
During the Umatilla, Oregon elections of 1918, not a single male candidate was victorious: read about it.
