title: Nena Jolidon Croake
text: # Nena Jolidon Croake
  
  Nena Jolidon-Croake (1865–1934) was an American politician and one of the first two women elected to the Washington State Legislature, representing the 37th Legislative District from Tacoma, Washington.
  
  ## Early life and career
  
  Jolidon-Croake worked as a physician. She served as President of the Washington Equal Suffrage Society and supported the 1910 amendment which gave women the right to vote in Washington.
  
  ## Political career
  
  Jolidon-Croake ran for office in 1913 after passage of Washington's Fifth Amendment, providing women the right to vote.
  
  Her first bill sought to improve women's working conditions.
  
  