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"Annie White Baxter is remembered as a political trailblazer not only for Missouri, but for U.S. history."
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Annie White Baxter was a Missouri politician. At her election as county clerk of Jasper County, Missouri, in 1890, she became the first elected female office-holder in the state, as well as the first female county clerk in the United States.
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"Today, we honor her contributions to policy and the impact she had on Missouri’s rich history by commemorating her in our state capitol."
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"At Carthage High School, where she graduated in 1882, she was said to be the most outspoken, most aggressive and most commanding person in her class."
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"Her father was the operator of a Carthage furniture factory with a better than average income. Thus, Annie was accustomed to the good life, a gracious home and the admiration of her fellow students."
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