Ionia County MI Archives News.....FIRST WOMAN VOTER December 10, 1918
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Portland Review December 10, 1918
Portland Review, December 10, 1918. FIRST WOMAN VOTER. Mrs. Claude Plant belongs
the distinction of having been the first woman in Michigan to vote at an
election where officers are chosen. Hereafter, woman will participate in every
election. Mrs. Plant was on hand at 7:00 Monday morning. Several men were there
too, awaiting the opening of the polls. Gallantly they stood aside while Mrs.
Plant entered the booth with ballot No. in hand. Then she handed it to the
inspector, properly folded, and went her way. Her picture will be in every daily
newspaper in Michigan before the week is over.
Mrs. Plant is a demure little lady, who isn't strong on notoriety, but they have
a habit of getting up early at the Plant home and there is also an automobile
quick transportation.  Mrs. Plant is the mother of a charming little lady named
Virginia, about three years old. Prior to her marriage she was Miss Edith
Wasnick, for a number of years employed at the Ramsey-Alton Plant.

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