In 1887, in Argonia, Kansas, a group of men decided to ‘pull a fast one.’ To make the point that women were not qualified to hold office much less vote, they put the name of a local woman on the ballot. The woman, Susanna Salter, did not know her name was on the ballot because in Argonia the names of the nominated were not made public until election day. When Salter knew she had been nominated, she agreed to serve as mayor if she got elected. When the local WCTU learned Salter had been nominated, they withdrew their support from the man who was running and backed Salter. Salter won two-thirds of the vote. She served for a year and did not seek re-election.
OF IMPORTANCE BUT IS NOT MENTIONED in most historical tidbit columns, across the country women were voting in large number BEFORE the passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution on August 18, 1920.