Abstract
ABSTRACT After the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, local leaders throughout Pennsylvania began to prepare women to participate in political life. In rural Brookville, Jefferson County, voter registration drives were aimed at women and a “voting school” trained them to understand and mark ballots. On Election Day 1920, women drove others to the polls and answered questions about the voting process. Because of her advanced age, Elizabeth Marlin, a lifelong resident of Brookville, was invited to cast the first female vote in the county. A photograph of Marlin at the polling place is safeguarded by the Jefferson County History Center.
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