Anna "Annie" White Baxter - Jefferson City, MO - Statues of Historic Figures on Waymarking.com

County of statue: Cole County
Location of statue: 201 W. Capitol Ave., third floor, State Capitol Building, Jefferson City
Artist: Spencer Schubert
Bust Statue in Bronze
Presented by: Speaker of the House Elijah Haahr from the Woman's Foundation and its supporters

This bronze statue is inside the state capitol building, you must go through security check...no weapons, etc....
The Hall of Fame for Missourians is on the third floor, and all along the wall and in the alcoves, etc.

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Plaque Text:

ANNA "ANNIE" WHITE BAXTER
1864 - 1944
Annie White Baxter was the first woman elected to
public office in Missouri in 1890 and the first
female county clerk in the US. After graduating Carthage High School, Anna began her career assisting the Jasper County Clerk and the subsequent Deputy Clerk. In 1890, she was nominated for County Clerk and many questioned whether she could legally run for office as women were not permitted to vote. Annie defeated her opponent by over 400 votes and earned a reputation as one of the state's best county clerks, overseeing elections for which she could not vote due to her gender. Annie later served as state registrar of lands from 1909 to 1916, then financial secretary of the Missouri Constitutional convention in 1922. She is remembered as a political trailblazer.

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"Annie White Baxter (1864-1944)
Inducted - Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Sculptor: Spencer Schubert
Speaker: Elijah Haahr

"Annie White Baxter was the first woman elected to public office in Missouri in 1890 and the first female county clerk in the U.S.

"After graduating from Carthage High School, Annie began her career assisting the Jasper County Clerk and the subsequent Deputy Clerk. In 1890, she was nominated for County Clerk and many questioned whether she could legally run for office as women were not permitted to vote. Annie defeated her opponent by over 400 votes and earned a reputation as one of the state’s best county clerks, overseeing elections for which she could not vote due to her gender.

"Annie later served as state registrar of lands from 1908 to 1916, then financial secretary of the Missouri Constitutional Convention in 1922 and a delegate to the Democratic Party’s state convention in 1936. She is remembered as a political trailblazer." ~ Hall of Famous Missourians

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