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Political women on the agenda

Panel discussion will feature past, present community leaders

By , Columbian Science, Military & History Reporter
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An audience member addresses Clark County Commissioners Dean Cole, from left, Dick Granger and Connie Kearney at a meeting in the 1970s.
An audience member addresses Clark County Commissioners Dean Cole, from left, Dick Granger and Connie Kearney at a meeting in the 1970s. Photo Gallery

Several women who have held community leadership roles — including some pioneering politicians — will share their perspectives in a Thursday panel discussion in Vancouver.

The 7 p.m. “First Thursday” event at the Clark County Historical Museum, 1511 Main St., will feature a panel of women who have served or are serving as community leaders of Clark County. They will discuss the changes they have seen in Southwest Washington during their careers and the legacy they leave for future generations.

The speakers will include some political trailblazers. Connie Kearney was Clark County’s first woman commissioner from 1976 to 1980. Nan Henriksen was elected as the first woman mayor of Camas in 1983 and served until 1992, leading its transition from a small mill town.

Other scheduled panelists are Sandra Day (Ridgefield city councilor), Pat Jollota (former Vancouver city councilor) and Martha Martin (East County Fire & Rescue commissioner).

Jollota and Henriksen also were part of a political undertaking that was the biggest local story of 2014. They were among 15 freeholders elected to write a home-rule charter that reconfigured county government; Henriksen chaired the board of freeholders.

Thursday’s panel will be moderated by Judie Stanton, a former Clark County commissioner.

Admission is $4 for adults, $3 for seniors, $2 for children younger than 18, and free with a museum membership. Doors open at 5 p.m. Reservations are not necessary.

For more information, email info@cchmuseum.org or call 360-993-5679.

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