Dolly Akers

Dolly Akers
Born
Dolly Smith

(1901-03-23)March 23, 1901
Wolf Point, Montana
DiedJune 5, 1986(1986-06-05) (aged 85)
Helena, Montana
NationalityAssiniboine
Other namesDolly Smith Cusker Akers
OccupationPolitician
Political partyDemocratic, later Republican

Dolly Akers (March 23, 1901 – June 5, 1986) was an Assiniboine woman who was the first Native American woman elected to the Montana Legislature with 100% of the Indian vote [1] and the first woman elected to the Tribal Executive Board of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.[2]

  1. ^ "Woman's lib is old hat to dolly". Oakland Post. July 29, 1971. ProQuest 371655978 – via ProQuest.
  2. ^ ""I am a very necessary evil": The Political Career of Dolly Smith Cusker Akers". Women's History Matters. Montana Historical Society. 29 May 2014.