“Don’t Forget a Pair of Pliers,” by Frank King.

Feb. 2, 1920 –  Jane Dixon writes: “A new world for woman to conquer — the world of politics.

“Politics have been, since the days of Roman senators and even antedating the toga, the prerogative of man.

“The woman who essayed a personal opinion on politics at a dinner table or in drawing-room conversation was looked upon by males as being a menace to peaceful domestic happiness and was forthwith cut from the list of 'women my wife should know.'

“It was not considered delicate or feminine for a woman to understand too much about the political affairs of her community, her country or her world at large, any more than it was for her to smoke cigars and converse on the virtues of the several brands in favor. Such worldly knowledge and argumentative chatter was for the men of the family.

“As always, the old order changeth."

Dixon profiles Marguerite L. Smith, elected as a Republican to the New York Assembly, and Ellen O'Grady, appointed as a deputy New York police commissioner. In case you don’t recognize the name Jeannette Rankin, she was first woman elected to Congress, and represented Montana. And she did the fox-trot divinely!