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"Montana Women and the Battle for the Ballot". Montana: The Magazine of Western History. 23 (1): 24– 41. JSTOR 4517748. Ward, Doris Buck (1974). The Winning of Woman Suffrage in Montana (PDF) (Master of Arts in History thesis). Montana State University. Winestine, Belle Fligelman (Summer 1974). "Mother Was Shocked". Montana: The Magazine of ...
The fight for women's suffrage in Montana started earlier, before even Montana became a state. In 1887, women gained the right to vote in school board elections and on tax issues. In the years that followed, women battled for full, equal suffrage, which culminated in a year-long campaign in 1914 when they became one of eleven states with equal ...
Montana Capitol Building. As of 2022, Montana ranked 22nd out of 50 American states in terms of percentage of state legislators who are women. [1] Within the Montana State Legislature, 32.7 percent of all members were women in 2022. [1] From statehood in 1889 to 2025, the state of Montana had only one female governor, Judy Martz. [2]
James Brown (born 1971) [1] is an American politician who is currently serving as the 18th Montana State Auditor since 2025. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As a Republican he served as a member of the Montana Public Service Commission.
Montana suffragists campaign for Votes for Women, November 2, 1914. The women's suffrage movement in Montana started while it was still a territory. The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was an early organizer that supported suffrage in the state, arriving in 1883.
Moved to Montana from New Hampshire after finishing college; lived and worked in Helena, Butte, and then Glendive: Pioneer of women's rights in Montana; teacher; first woman to practice law in Montana and the first woman ever to plead a case before the U.S. Circuit Court; first woman to run for state Attorney General [191] George Horse-Capture
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Kitty Curtis: [21] First female judge in Flathead County, Montana (1994) Holly Brown: [22] First female district court judge in Gallatin County, Montana; Colleen Herrington: [23] First female chief judge (2023) in Gallatin County, Montana; Deborah Kim Christopher: [24] First female to serve as the Lake County Attorney, Montana (1991). In 2000 ...