Missouri History Today August 26, 1920: Women Finally Win The Vote
Women
Margaret B. Kelly was appointed State Auditor on this date in 1984 by Gov. Christopher “Kit” Bond. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State) University. She received a C.P.A. certificate in 1982. Before …
Phoebe W. Couzins of St. Louis became Missouri’s first female law school graduate when she graduated from the Washington University Law Department on this day in 1871. Couzins was an outspoken supporter of women’s right to vote. She later was appointed the nation’s first female U.S. Marshal in 1887. Her parents were John E. D. and …
