With the Election just behind us, this seemed like a good time to share some history about Clarkdale’s first elected female mayor, Dorothy Benatz.   The following article in the archives of CHSM  from the Spectator March, 1986 makes for an interesting read.  Congratulations to Clarkdale's 2020 second elected female Mayor Robin Prud'homme-Bauer. 

Dorothy was a deputy clerk from April 1960, and she worked in that position until May 1966 when she became clerk of Clarkdale for the next 11 years.  She was sworn in as a council member in 1980 and served for six years as its mayor.