Women mayors were elected in the village of Thebes, Ill. (population, 1920, 857) and the town of Humboldt, Kansas (population, 1920, 2,525). The new mayor of Humboldt, Miss Louise Fussman, declared following the election: " I have learned that women can engage in politics with no detriment to themselves and with considerable satisfaction."
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