Long Beach City Auditor Laura Doud
Recognizes and Celebrates
Myrtelle Gunsul
Long Beach City Auditor
1919-1951
CITY OF LONG BEACH
LONG BEACH, DALFORNIA
March 23, 1931.
TO THE WOMEN CF THE FUTURE:
To you I send Greetings as the first
and only toman to occupy the elective position
of City Auditor since the year 1919, in the
beautiful City of Iong Beach, California.
I hope that the position of women in
National and City Administrations of the future
shali be more clearly recognized as a great
constructive force for the betterment of
a11.
I have blazed thig trail and have en-
deavored to leave a record that shall be an
incentive to other women. I hope that, increas-
ingly, women shall enter into public service
and instill high ideals and motives into both
political and business life.
"Efficiency not Politics" has been
my Motto.
Sincerely yours,
Huntelles tuninl
HELG : City Auditor.
Prestine
recovare: week preceding Kanch 26,
Myrtelle Gunsul wrote a letter for a time capsule buried at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in 1931.
The time capsule was opened 44 years later in 1975, and this letter to the women of the future was discovered.
LongBeacf-and Vicinity
GUARDIANS OF CITY BANK ROLL
WOMEN NAME TAX RATE
Buch a little matter as determining the
WOMEN HOLD Tate, paying the eity bills snd
collecting delinquent taxes are up to the
four women of the antitoe's offles.
And despite these probleman their preat-
Pops sis or motiO ELE
auntie heck weighing richts-wren poands
The volume contains son celtoent tas
MUNICIPAL list esteding over a sumber of yours
Bren making the collections pales lato
Instentticanee then tt comes to trase
mck agait. het between thn four of
them the feat is managed all tight.
PURSE STRING Every demand upon the city must re-
ceive the approcal of die Gauwul. Evers
apportionment af citr tunds must
made at bet office. She In a sort of super
bonlikeoper for the ratime rity. Ant once
etery mauth every emplore
City Auditor and Her Assistants calls at ber offlee at the top of the stales in the City Hail Bullding ansd street
Control Entire Finances at sircepecs line alonk with commix- 1782
soners, policess and life grands.
Beach Without Extravagance WINS AR-ELECTION
And the fhet that the elts finances are
LONG BEACH, July 10-Women bold directed Is perfect fashim with a woman at the head of she department aul all
the pame atrings of ottietal Long Beach. feminine assistante be avilonend in the The city auditor Is s momen She le fact that at an elention a month azu Miss Mies Myrtalle Canent. She has these de- Gonaut was returned to office tir u vote sistate-women. Thay are Mies Father ef i to 1 majority over a mascalise op- ponent.
Skonberg, chef deapty: Mrs. Mahel Had- Miss Gunsel has been In eity aerrine Speld, deputs, and Miss Belen Bames, cierk. mad offite for seven years.
The city aditing departmeat rona the Por a tine she was deputy. Then ste becamn thirt Ceputy. 8he aromed her
ely'a tinances; women run the elty audie- mantidney for the position and was eam- ing department. It's bellered the only marily discharged by the masculine beet instance in the United States, of the department. astleigated him One world hurdis espect that thes resigmatinn Teached esty comminica before bis botle of dimminal
moald disalluw a bill for $1.75 for flow- reached her, Then she went ahead nad ers taid to decorate the official antamo- sas elected to the office. bille of the city commissioners for a pa- Kuch mattern as swantng compensa hide. But that's what thay ald. There Heart of brendar warne ter Se nothing bat bastess no politics or anT- by a cite prisoner, paying tor thing. abest the auditorial office. Porat thie extablishing of a sity damp puying Irfrolities of masculine cominfusioners aro tasicab Mlls for city commisioners und sot to De fineneed by the city, and as long maling an inrensers of the city's prop de the office full of women can prerent ecty aze all in the day's work.
I, they will do so, no matter how Torels & alen pinest in a prominent Dosition "tad
the Periolators looked in thele posts mar- ee wall of the offleo age, alhed machine.
Mins Myrtelle Gunsel, Long Beach City Auditor, seated at right; Miss seated at left.
"Efficiency, Not Politics."
Myrtelle Gunsul's motto
"Actions speak louder than words."
Myrtelle Gunsul's lifelong personal motto
"To me, public office is public trust."
Myrtelle Gunsul's 1921 letter to the voters of Long Beach