U.S.Women Who Ran for Political Office Before 1920
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 Belva A. Lockwood |
 Jeannette Rankin |
 Anne Martin |
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 Gertrude Van Deusen as Mayor of the town of Roma note the U.S. Capitol Building in the background and the milling men in the foreground image by artist Walter Dean Goldbeck |
In A Woman For Mayor (1909), Gertrude Van Deusen, the daughter of a U.S. Senator is elected mayor of Roma (a town in a state where women have suffrage). Female supporters run her campaign for office, with a platform of municipal reform. Male and female progressives in Roma made sure Van Deusen was elected. Once in office Gertrude Van Deusen makes sure the food markets are inspected, saloons are closed, the streets are cleaned, playgrounds are built, and women sit on the school board. The full text of this book is available on Google Books and through Project Gutenberg. |
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Author Helen M. Winslow was a writer, editor, and activist. She was a founder of the New England Woman's Press Association and active in the club woman movement from the 1880s until the early twentieth century. Winslow major work for women's participation in public was as editor for many years of the periodical, The Clubwoman, a journal for progressive woman interested in municipal reform. Winslow is best remembered today for her book Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others. |