Dichiara,Ruby
August 20, 2026
Mrs. N. R. Dichiara of El Paso was identified by the El Paso Times in 1963 as the first woman to cast a ballot in El Paso, voting absentee on July 17, 1917, and possibly the first woman to vote in Texas. Although she opposed woman suffrage, she argued that women had a duty to vote and later…
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