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Utah’s first all-female government started as a joke. A century later, this county is making history again.

Kane County commissioners following in the footsteps of remarkable Kanab women of yesteryear

(Photo illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Kane County Commission (front, from left: Patty Kubeja, Gwen Brown, and Celeste Meyeres), is believed to be the first all-female county commission in Utah's history. They follow in the footsteps of the the all-women 1912 Kanab town council, (back, from left: Luella McAllister, Blanche Hamblin, Mary W. Chamberlain, Tamar Hamblin, and Ada Seegmiller).

(Photo illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Kane County Commission (front, from left: Patty Kubeja, Gwen Brown, and Celeste Meyeres), is believed to be the first all-female county commission in Utah's history. They follow in the footsteps of the the all-women 1912 Kanab town council, (back, from left: Luella McAllister, Blanche Hamblin, Mary W. Chamberlain, Tamar Hamblin, and Ada Seegmiller).

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