WOMEN SEEKING ELECTIVE OFFICE IN CONNECTICUT TOWNS
New Haven, Connecticut (JFK+50) On September 21, 1923, the League of Women Voters* issued an official statement which says that "women are going after every office in sight in the October town elections" to be held here in Connecticut.
According to the LWV, 375 women "already hold elective town office in the state and three 'discreet and learned ladies' hold the position of town health officer. Also, one woman is an assessor in West Haven.
*League of Women Voters, founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, is a non-profit,non-partisan organization which focuses on political education & advocates for voting rights.
SOURCE
"Women Lining Up For Every Office In Gift of Towns," The Evening Star, September 21, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
