Members of “petticoat government” in Winslow, Arkansas

Photo 3: Mayor and members of the city council in Winslow, Arkansas, pose for a group portrait. Elected in 1925, they were nicknamed “the petticoat government.” Seated is Mayor Virginia Maud Dunlap Duncan. She was also the editor and publisher of Winslow American and the city’s only registered pharmacist. The other council members are Lyda Cole, Florence Marley, Audie Crider, Bee Chervery, Daisy Miller, Etta Black, Martin Winn, Virginia C. Dunlap, and Stella Winn, 1925. Women in Arkansas photograph collection, ca. 1850s-1980s (UALR.PH.0067)