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A woman, Mrs. Bertha K. Landes, has just completed a two-year term (elective) as Mayor of Seattle, a city of nearly 500,000.

The following appointive positions in Seattle are also filled by women:

In at least one city in the State, a woman holds the elective position of city attorney.

There are approximately seventeen police women in the State—eight in Seattle. The movement for police women generally is growing rapidly throughout the United States. Prevention and protection are their chief objectives.

Women of Washington are qualified jurors. In actual practice, about an equal number of men and women participate in this important governmental service.

By a recent act of the State Legislature, the State Committee of any political party must consist of one committee woman and one committee man from each county.

There are doubtless other positions elective and appointive, held by women in Washington, but the above includes most of those of which records are available at this time.

In the three other states of the Northwest—Idaho, Montana and Oregon, many interesting and important positions have been held by women in the past few years. Here are a few selected a few selected at random: