Sadie D. Hurst (1857-1952):
Sadie D. Hurst ran for the Nevada state House in 1919. Hurst was the first woman to serve in Nevada’s legislature. Hurst was active in Nevada’s suffrage campaign.
 
Political Affiliation:
Republican
 
Photograph:
“Records of the National Woman’s Party,” American Memory Project, Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/titleG.html

"Sadie Dotson Hurst," Women Wielding Power: Pioneer Female State Legislators
http://www.nwhm.org/legislators/Nevada.html
 
Resources:
Women State and Territorial Legislators, 1895-1995: A State-by-State Analysis, with Rosters of 6,000 Women , by Elizabeth M. Cox, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 1996.
 
History of Woman Suffrage, Vol. 6, By Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Ida Husted Harper, Published by Susan B. Anthony, 1922, p. 388 [Google Books]


 

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