User:Milowent/Women sheriffs
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*1918: Texas - Emma Daugherty Banister - widow of [[John Riley Banister]] |
*1918: Texas - Emma Daugherty Banister - widow of [[John Riley Banister]] |
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*March 6, 1919: Nevada - Clara Dunham Crowell - after husband sheriff died (p.178 [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Secret_Life_of_the_Lawman_s_Wife/tbjOEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Josie+Mae+Rogers&pg=PA182&printsec=frontcover]) |
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*Oct 4, 1920: North Carolina -- Mary Myrtle Siler [https://www.facebook.com/ChathamCountyHistoricalMuseum/posts/mary-myrtle-siler-chatham-county-sheriffon-october-4-1920-mary-myrtle-siler-of-c/1444668054329376/] (some sources will claims her to be first female sheriff in US, which is incorrect.) |
*Oct 4, 1920: North Carolina -- Mary Myrtle Siler [https://www.facebook.com/ChathamCountyHistoricalMuseum/posts/mary-myrtle-siler-chatham-county-sheriffon-october-4-1920-mary-myrtle-siler-of-c/1444668054329376/] (some sources will claims her to be first female sheriff in US, which is incorrect.) |
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*Jan 1921: Montana - Ruth Garfield [https://bendbulletin.com/2020/03/04/montana-sheriffs-1920-shooting-set-off-legenday-posse-gun-battle/] - appointed after husband sheriff killed |
*Jan 1921: Montana - Ruth Garfield [https://bendbulletin.com/2020/03/04/montana-sheriffs-1920-shooting-set-off-legenday-posse-gun-battle/] - appointed after husband sheriff killed |
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*March 1922: Kentucky - Lois Roach [https://www.hhhistory.com/2024/08/pioneers-of-justice-meet-kentuckys.html] |
*March 1922: Kentucky - Lois Roach [https://www.hhhistory.com/2024/08/pioneers-of-justice-meet-kentuckys.html] |
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*Jan 22, 1923: Indiana - Emma Eleanor Clark Pouder [https://whitewaterpublishing.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/news/documents/2024/07/03/lib.pdf] to replace dead husband.[https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=IPT19230123.1.10&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------] (not [[Lillian Holley]] who took over for dead husband in early 30s) |
*Jan 22, 1923: Indiana - Emma Eleanor Clark Pouder [https://whitewaterpublishing.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/news/documents/2024/07/03/lib.pdf] to replace dead husband.[https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=IPT19230123.1.10&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------] (not [[Lillian Holley]] who took over for dead husband in early 30s) |
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*1925 or 26(?): Ohio - [[Maude Collins]] - was also elected after serving for some time (husband was killed 8 Oct 1925) (p179 [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Secret_Life_of_the_Lawman_s_Wife/tbjOEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Josie+Mae+Rogers&pg=PA182&printsec=frontcover]) |
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*24 Oct 1925: Pennsylvania - Mary Morrow Mitten (after husband sheriff died) (p. 179 [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Secret_Life_of_the_Lawman_s_Wife/tbjOEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Josie+Mae+Rogers&pg=PA182&printsec=frontcover]) |
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*1926: New York - [[Clara Senecal]] |
*1926: New York - [[Clara Senecal]] |
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*1927 South Dakota (maybe; need to dig more) - Amelia Geisler [https://www.aberdeennews.com/story/news/local/2016/04/24/brown-countys-first-female-sheriff-amelia-geisler-stepped-in-for-her-husband-in-1927/116690314/] |
*1927 South Dakota (maybe; need to dig more) - Amelia Geisler [https://www.aberdeennews.com/story/news/local/2016/04/24/brown-countys-first-female-sheriff-amelia-geisler-stepped-in-for-her-husband-in-1927/116690314/] |
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*August 1935: South Carolina - Mae Gasque, appointed after husband sheriff died in car accident[https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/south-carolinas-first-elected-female-sheriff-vows-reshape-agency/YQH7U5JKA5CD5F2B6PM4HLSKLQ/][https://scfop.org/2026/03/from-first-to-foundational-women-in-south-carolina-law-enforcement/] |
*August 1935: South Carolina - Mae Gasque, appointed after husband sheriff died in car accident[https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/south-carolinas-first-elected-female-sheriff-vows-reshape-agency/YQH7U5JKA5CD5F2B6PM4HLSKLQ/][https://scfop.org/2026/03/from-first-to-foundational-women-in-south-carolina-law-enforcement/] |
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*1937: Alabama - Jessie Welch Austin [https://www.awhf.org/austin.html] also was elected to the office |
*1937: Alabama - Jessie Welch Austin [https://www.awhf.org/austin.html] also was elected to the office |
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*1938: Georgia - Bernice Jones - Appointed after father sheriff died by suicide. [https://www.adelnewstribune.com/2025/01/24/cook-county-ga-s-first-woman-sheriff-in-1938/] |
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*2002: Massachusetts - [[Andrea Cabral]] |
*2002: Massachusetts - [[Andrea Cabral]] |
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*1932: Tennessee - Della Riley - also first sheriff in state [https://tnmuseum.org/TN225/artifacts/100] |
*1932: Tennessee - Della Riley - also first sheriff in state [https://tnmuseum.org/TN225/artifacts/100] |
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*1937: Alabama - Jessie Welch Austin [https://www.awhf.org/austin.html] |
*1937: Alabama - Jessie Welch Austin [https://www.awhf.org/austin.html] |
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*1940(?): Georgia - Josie May Rogers [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Secret_Life_of_the_Lawman_s_Wife/tbjOEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Josie+Mae+Rogers&pg=PA182&printsec=frontcover] |
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*2020: South Carolina - [[Kristin Graziano]] [https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/south-carolinas-first-elected-female-sheriff-vows-reshape-agency/YQH7U5JKA5CD5F2B6PM4HLSKLQ/] - first female elected and first openly gay person to be elected |
*2020: South Carolina - [[Kristin Graziano]] [https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/south-carolinas-first-elected-female-sheriff-vows-reshape-agency/YQH7U5JKA5CD5F2B6PM4HLSKLQ/] - first female elected and first openly gay person to be elected |
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