Reah Whitehead becomes the first female Justice of the Peace in King County and Washington state in 1914.

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In 1914, Reah Whitehead becomes first female Justice of the Peace in King County and Washington state. She serves as the King County's lone female Justice of the Peace until 1941.
Sources: Mildred Tanner Andrews, Woman's Place: A Guide to Seattle and King County History (Seattle: Gemil Press, 1994), 215-216.
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