MONTGOMERY COUNTY FIRST LADIES

In 1979 RITA C. BANNING was the first women to be elected to the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners.  In the 1983 election BANNING won re-election.  In 1986, BETTY LINKER was appointed to replace Commissioner Allan C. Myers, who had died while in office, which meant that two women were on the board. 

 

Four years later both Banning and Linker were returned to office. Linker died in 1989 and another woman, Floriana Bloss, was appointed, meaning that there were again two women on the board.

Nearly ten years after Rita Banning and Floriana Bloss left office RUTH DAMSKER joined the county board in 1999, and was reelected twice.  She served until 2008. 

 

LESLIE RICHARDS is the current female Montgomery County Commissioner.   

 

QUIZ: Who was the first female elected as Montgomery County Controller? 

 

Today’s Answer: DIANE MORGAN was the first female elected as County Controller in 2007.   

 

Source:  http://aboveavgjane.blogspot.com/2011/03/women-on-montgomery-county-board-of.html