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Facts on women candidates and elected officials (2316 words) |
 | Susanna Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas B the first woman mayor in the country. |
| She was the first Black woman to serve in a presidential cabinet and the first woman to hold two different cabinet positions. |
| Representative Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) was first elected to the House in 1996. |
| Women First in Seattle Government (3047 words) |
| She was the first woman at City Light to be licensed by the State of Washington as a Professional Electrical Engineer, the first female engineering Manager; and the first female engineering Director. |
| She was the first woman director of the Office of Management and Budget, serving from 1992 to 1994, and the first woman Superintendent of Seattle Water and Seattle Public Utilities. |
| The first woman to wear a Seattle Police Department uniform was Sylvia Hunsicker who was hired by the Police Department in 1915 and began wearing a uniform in the early 1920s. |
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