Zena M. Dreier was the first woman to cast a ballot in a municipal non-school election in Florida and the Southern United States.
Its incorporation included a provision granting women the right to vote.
[2] Dreier stated that she added a line to Fellsmore's incorporation papers giving women the right to vote.
[4] Dreier cast a ballot in a Fellsmore city election on June 19, 1915, five years before the 19th Amendment was signed.
This made her the first woman in Florida as well as the first women in the Southern United States to cast a ballot in a municipal non-school election.