In 1948 Clintwood, Virginia, held an election for the town’s offices. After the campaigning, the voting, and the vote counting, something unique for it’s time had happened: All of Clintwood’s elected officials were women!
Today we tell the story of the first all-female elected government in Appalachia.
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