Ella Wilson (birth-death dates?):
Ella Wilson was elected mayor of Hunnewell, Kansas in 1911. Wilson and other female officials of the town were “at bitter odds with the all-male city council,” men who had tried to keep the women from governing effectively. The state attorney general’s office had to intervene to settle their differences in a case that went to the state supreme court. (Gehring, “Women Officeholders in Kansas,” Kansas History, page 54).

Party Affiliation:
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Photographs:

KJC Photographs
http://www.rainfall.com/posters/newsservicephotos/96893.htm

Resources:
Lorraine A. Gehring, “Women Officeholders in Kansas, 1872-1912.” Kansas History (Summer 1986), pp. 48-57.

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