Sadie Hurst
Sadie Dotson Hurst (July 27, 1857 – January 17, 1952) was a US politician. Endorsed by the Nevada State Journal,[1] she was the first woman elected to the Nevada Legislature (R-Washoe).[2] When the legislature met in special session on February 7, 1919 to ratify the Federal Suffrage Amendment, it was Hurst, the assemblywoman from Reno, who presented the resolution. She had a further distinction of being the first woman to preside over a state Legislature during the ratification of the Federal Suffrage Amendment.[3] At the time, she was not only Nevada's first assemblywoman but also its only one, having been picked by the Women Citizens' Club of Reno, to bring women into the legislature.[3] She also was the member of the Nevada Legislature who presented the bill to raise the age of consent for girls from 16 to 18, a bill which passed both houses and was signed by the Governor.[3] Born in Iowa in 1857, Hurst died in Pasadena, California in 1952.[4]
