Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1911 — WOMAN MAYOR IN ILLINOIS [ARTICLE]

WOMAN MAYOR IN ILLINOIS

Kate F. O’Connor, Suffragette Leader, Elected at Arcadia. Rockford, 111., Nov. 10.—Illinois now has a woman mayor Arcadia, a “boom town” which, under the guidance of residents of Rockford, sprang from practically nothing in less than a week, is now ruled by Kate F. O’Connor, the original suffragette of Rockford and a lifelong champion of woman’s right to the ballot . , •> .