Cornelia Petty Jerman (December 1, 1874 – February 3, 1946) was an American suffragist and Democratic Party official, based in North Carolina.

She earned a degree from Oxford Female College in North Carolina (class of 1892), and pursued further studies in voice at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.

[2] After suffrage was won, she remained active in politics,[3] organized and led the Raleigh League of Women Voters.

[1] In 1920, Jerman was the first woman to serve as a North Carolina delegate to the Democratic National Convention.

[1] Jerman held a federal post in North Carolina under Franklin D. Roosevelt, as assistant collector of Internal Revenue.