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Every member of the First Territorial House of Representatives voted in favor of House Bill 2 except one: Charles Ingersoll of Ketchikan. The two women in this photo were clerks. It took until 1937 for a woman, Nell Scott, to join the Alaska Legislature.
Photo courtesy: Alaska State Library, Henry Roden Photo Collection, P461-26