First - Ballot cast by a woman - Soquel, CA
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saopaulo1
N 36° 59.309 W 121° 57.404
10S E 592840 N 4094104
Site of the first ballot cast by a woman.
Waymark Code: WMK7Q3
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2014
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"The first ballot by a woman in an American presidential election was cast on this site November 3, 1868 by Charlotte (Charlie) Parkhurst who masqueraded as a man for much of her life. She was a stagecoach driver in the Mother Lode Country during the Gold Rush days and shot and killed at least one bandit. In her later years she drove a stagecoach in this area.
She died in 1879. Not until then was she found to be a woman. She is buried in Watsonville."
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 11/03/1868
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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