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While women in politics have made historic strides in recent years, including the election of Kamala Harris as the first female vice president, women have been noticeably absent from Marshfield’s Board of Selectmen, the town’s highest elected office.
Marshfield voters broke the town’s selectman glass ceiling nearly 40 years ago when Sheila Gagnon was elected, serving from 1982 to 1985. In the years since, only four other women have served on the Board of Selectmen: Faith Jean from 1992 to 2001, Patti Epstein from 2005 to 2008, Katie O’Donnell from 2006 to 2009 and Patricia Reilly, from 2008 to 2011.
Among neighboring towns, Marshfield is the sole community without a female member of the Board of Selectmen or Select Board. Duxbury and Hingham each have one currently serving, Cohasset, Hanover, Hull, Norwell and Plymouth have two and Kingston, Pembroke and Scituate have three.