Maude Duncan
Maude Duncan was an American newspaperwoman and a former mayor of Winslow, a community in Washington County in northwestern Arkansas.
Early life
Maude Duncan was born to a well-to-do family in Virginia. There she met and married her husband and followed him to Winslow, where he started a newspaper, the Winslow American.
Newspaper publisher
In 1919, her husband died. She continued his work by writing, editing, selling advertising, and publishing the newspaper. This she did with a manual printing press.
Petticoat Government
In 1925, she ran for mayor and was elected, along with an all-woman government, which became known as the "Petticoat Government".[1] It was the first in America and stirred up quite a bit of controversy among the citizens.
References
- ↑ "Petticoat Politics". oldstatehouse.com. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
External links
- Winslow, Arkansas Historical Society (dead link)
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