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The Forgotten ‘Girl Mayors’ of the 1920s

In the 1920s, the Now-Forgotten Flood of ‘Girl Mayors’ Became the Face of Feminism | Atlas Obscura
The political trend was short-lived, but fascinating.

In 1921, Ella Jacobson became mayor of Waterloo, Nebraska when voters wrote in her name on the ballot — thus defeating her own husband, who was running for mayor.

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