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The doctor answered: “Snippy Miller sat on the benches in front of the courthouse so much that he collected a splinter. As the splinter festered, so festered the idea of a woman mayor and council.”
Snippy apparently confirmed the tale: Dr. Snead served as Snippy’s physician.
The lame duck council apparently also took some shots at Judge Miller, who was the ladies’ campaign chairman. Reported the News: “There have been threats to impose an amusement tax on Trial Justice B. M. Miller. . .for the air he has breathed the last 10 days.”
The all-woman council was not the only place women ventured into public life in 1950 Washington.
“There were other women who held prominent positions” during that time, said Mrs. Davis. “And you certainly would never have expected that in a rural, conservative state.”
But by electing Mrs. Davis, the taxpayers ultimately saved themselves some money. Being married to a Justice Department attorney, Mrs. Davis was able to persuade her husband, George, to donate legal advice during the mayor’s tenure.
George apparently took the extra duty in stride. He told the Evening Star in its May 7, 1972, edition: “There are two kinds of husbands: Those who are henpecked and those who lie about it.”
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