Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Bertha Knight Landes

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Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Bertha Knight Landes

Bertha Ethel Knight Landes was the first female mayor of a major American city, serving as mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1926 to 1928. After years of civic activism, primarily with women's organizations, she was elected to the Seattle City Council in 1922 and became council president in 1924.

October 19, 1868 - November 29, 1943
In politics it commonly takes a superior woman to overcome the handicap of traditional prejudice. — © Bertha Knight Landes
In politics it commonly takes a superior woman to overcome the handicap of traditional prejudice.
Since politics — until recently — has been a man’s world, men, as a whole are responsible for its corruption.
Let us, while never forgetting our womanhood, drop all emphasis on sex, and put it on being public servants.
Women now wield considerable power along political lines and I believe each succeeding year for some time to come will find them wielding that power more effectively.
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