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Firsts in Public Office — Tested One by One

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Council president: Martha Tyler, 2012 — earliest documented, first member unproven. Tyler was council president 1 January 2012 – 4 October 2015, the line immediately before her being John Kuhn's through 2011 in the SBOA schedules; whether any woman sat on the council as a member before 2011 no schedule reached tests — first woman council member is a named gap (settler: SBOA schedules and minute books before 2011). The line after her: Karen Iovino, interim president 2015; April Hathaway, president 2016–2019; the presidency 2020 to Lori Kelly's appearance a continuous named gap in the government file; Kelly president in the May 2025 minutes and at the January 2026 reorganisation, Hathaway vice-president. The council of record in November 2026 — Kelly, Hathaway, Rouch — is two women of three, printed without a "first" attached. Clerk-treasurer:Her successor Cindy McQueen's end stands in conflict between the two SBOA schedules, printed whole in the government file; Jacqueline Skwiercz holds the office by 2024. Township trustee: Kelly Carrico (since January 2023) prints as first woman trustee probable on the reached record, not proven — the earlier reached trustees are men, but the line is not continuous (settler: the township's SBOA schedules, whole run); no "Henrietta" appears in any trustee line, confirmed as a negative. School board: first woman member is a named gap — the board lists reached (2021; 2024–25; 2026–27) identify no member as a woman, and no name is gendered by this section (Karman Eash, president 2021, stands exactly as the carriers print the name). Marshal, deputy, fire officer: no woman is named in any carrier reached — a tested negative. Jeanne Geyer as town historian prints at its true size: the 2011 plan credits its historical tellings to her and her book stands in the State Library's catalogue — a public role in fact, with no appointment instrument reached and none claimed.

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Source: Firsts in Public Office — Tested One by One, Moosed History by Project Moosed, https://history.projectmoosed.com/usa/midwest/indiana/lakeville/womens-history/firsts-in-public-office-tested-one-by-one/