Exhibit: "Caralyn B. Shelton - The Nation's First Female Governor"
July 20 to July 29
The exhibit is available during Capitol hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Caralyn B. Shelton served as Oregon’s acting Governor in 1909 – three years before Oregon women were granted the right to vote. In her three-day tenure, Shelton demonstrated that a woman could execute the duties of the highest state office. Her story was told by newspapers all over the world at the time, but few today know her name and her remarkable story.
