Maud Virginia Duncan was an American newspaperwoman and a former mayor of Winslow, a community in Washington County in northwestern Arkansas. Early life Maud Duncan was born 22 October 1873 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Her mother died before her first birthday. Her and three siblings were sent to her uncle and wife in Virginia. Her uncle homeschooled her until she was able to enter highschool. She briefly became a teacher at the age of 16, and an organist at 21. There she met and married her husband and followed him to Winslow, where he started a newspaper, the Winslow American. Newspaper publisher In 1919, her husband died. She continued his work by writing, editing, selling advertising, and publishing the newspaper. This she did with a manual printing press. Petticoat government In 1925, she ran for mayor of Winslow, Arkansas and was elected, along with an all-woman government, which became known as the "Petticoat Government". It was the first in America and stirred up quite a bit of controversy among the citizens. References External links Encyclopedia of Arkansas, Virginia Maud Dunlap-Duncan Mayors of places in Arkansas People from Virginia Year of birth missing Year of death missing Women mayors of places in Arkansas Women in Arkansas politics Editors of Arkansas newspapers Women newspaper editors