In 1896, Martha Hughes Cannon , a Democrat, defeated her own husband, a Republican, to become the first female state senator in the United States of America.
“Mattie,” as she was called, was also a physician, trained lecturer, women’s rights advocate and suffragist, a wife, mother and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Cannon’s rich legacy was celebrated on Monday, July 1 — her 167th birthday — at the Church History Library…