Name:

Marguerite Newburgh Cole

Place of Birth:

Orange City, Iowa

Place of Death:

Whittier, California

Ethnicity:

White

Religion:

Protestant

Father's Name:

Louis Newburgh

Mother's Name:

Louise Van Den Berg

Spouse's Name:

Lyle William Cole

Children's Names:

Joanne Marguerite Cole

Sibling's Names :

Nellie May Wade, Ruth Adeline Schilling, Leona Marie Morris, Eugene Herbert Newburgh

Formal Education:

Graduate, St. Paul High School, St. Paul, Minnesota (graduated top percentile in her class)

Job Title:

Cashier

Company Name:

Central Market, South Central Los Angeles, California

Employment History:

Office Manager, Movie Theater, South Central Los Angeles; Manager, Apartment Complex, South Central Los Angeles

Affiliations:

Staff Assistant for her father’s political ambitions as he was Councilman in St. Paul, Minnesota; Volunteer for fundraisers for Spastic Children’s League, Los Angeles, California; Volunteer for fundraisers and major functions for the East Whittier YMCA, Whittier, California

Interests and Hobbies:

Family and friends; top-notch seamstress--loved to sew for family and needy in neighborhoods

Societal Contributions:

Marguerite Ann Newburgh made suffrage and political history. Under the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution (woman suffrage), she was the first woman to vote in the United States in the city of St. Paul, Minnesota on August 27, 1920.

Additional Comments:

"I wasn't in the suffragette category, and politics never was my cup of tea."
--Marguerite Ann Newburgh Cole

She made suffrage and political history anyway, becoming the first woman to vote in the United States after the ratification of the 19th Amendment!

Marguerite was a very loving, family woman. A guiding light to her daughter, husband, and four grandchildren. A woman with class, charisma, sharp wit, and intelligence.