Maude Duncan

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Maud Virginia Duncan was an American newspaperwoman and a former mayor of Winslow, a community in Washington County in northwestern Arkansas.

Early life[]

Maud Duncan was born 22 October 1873 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Her mother died before her first birthday. Her and three siblings were sent to her uncle and wife in Virginia. There she met and married her husband and followed him to Winslow, where he started a newspaper, the Winslow American.

Newspaper publisher[]

In 1919, her husband died. She continued his work by writing, editing, selling advertising, and publishing the newspaper. This she did with a manual printing press.

Petticoat government[]

In 1925, she ran for mayor and was elected, along with an all-woman government, which became known as the "Petticoat Government".^[1] It was the first in America^{[citation needed]} and stirred up quite a bit of controversy among the citizens.

References[]

External links[]

Encyclopedia of Arkansas, Virginia Maud Dunlap-Duncan

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