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WOMEN'S DIVISION
1959
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
1625 EYE STREET, N. W.
WASHINGTON 6, D. C.
WOMEN IN COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL OFFICE
At the County Level
Women have won widespread acceptance as public office holders in local areas.
From all indications, their solid gains at the community level continue to
expand.
In 1958 the Women's Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor estimated the
number of women holding office in counties as follows:
"It is estimated that about 18,000 women serve in such county
positions as circuit and county clerk, tax collector, auditor,
treasurer and superintendent of schools. 11*
In 1959, the best available information arriving from 32 States yields a time-
lier estimate of some 20, 000 women in the United States who occupy county
office - or an increase of approximately 2, 000.
The positions held by women, as listed in the returns, include the following:
judge justice of the peace county clerk county
supervisor member of school board county
treasurer
county recorder
county auditor
tax
collector
treasurer
member of board of education
probate clerk
assessor
superintendent of
schools
member of county commission or board
...
member of jury committee
...
registrar of voters.
At the Municipal Level
Four women serve as mayors of cities with population of 28, 000 and over. **
They are:
Culver City, California
Mary Louise Richardson
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Dona Felisa Ricon de Gautier
Stratford, Connecticut
Ethel S. Haley
Barberton, Ohio
Mrs. Catherine R. Dobbs
A few women serve as city managers and substantial numbers sit on city
councils or hold responsible jobs as city clerks and chief finance officers.
A reliable estimate of the number of such office holders in 1958 came to
10, 000. *
* 1958 Handbook on Women Workers (U.S. Department of Labor Bulletin 266)
à
** Source: Conference of Mayors, Washington, D. C.
Dwight
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