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End of an era
IN AN ARTICLE in a recent issue of “Virginia Town and City,” Edward L. Morton, a research aide in the University of Virginia’s Institute of Government, noted that in the decade that began in 1960, seven women served on city councils in Virginia, 39 on town councils and two on boards of supervisors.
“Three women mayors and two vice mayors were included among the membership of town councils, and one woman served as chairman of a board of supervisors,’’ Morton noted. “The council of one town, Washington, was composed entirely of women.”
And now, as they say, Washington has come to “the end of an ear” — or almost. No longer is the town council “composed entirely of women,” even though a majority of the council’s membership will still be women.
What about Washington’s “era” of female rule? How have things been managed since the election in 1950 when the outgoing, Mayor Dorothy Davis, and an all -woman council were swept into office on a write-in vote, with Mayor Davis to continue in office — with an all-woman council — ever since?
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