Career
She also was Treasurer when the $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 notes were redesigned in the 1990s. A native of Marion County, Ohio, Withrow served as the treasurer of her home state of Ohio, a position to which she was elected in 1982, 1986, and 1990. Before that, she was elected Treasurer of her native Marion County, Ohio in 1976 and 1980.
This makes her the only person to have held the post of treasurer at all three levels of government — local, state and national.
Withrow began her career in public service in 1969 as the first woman elected to the Elgin Local School Board in Marion County. Withrow was a Presidential Elector for Ohio in 1992 and a delegate to the 2000 Democratic National Convention from Ohio.
She has been the president of several Treasury-related associations, including the National Association of State Treasurers, and the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers. Following her retirement from office in January 2001, Withrow became active in the United States Treasury"s historical society.
Withrow"s collection of personal documents, photographs, awards and personal papers are housed at the Marion County Historical Society, Marion, Ohio.
She has recently appeared in television ads supporting Ohio"s Issue 3 casino proposal. She is also quoted extensively in newspaper advertisements placed by Federated Mint Limited Liability Company and Lincoln Treasury in 2016. These advertisements attempt to sell highly overpriced "collectable" silver bars to the public.
See Palm Springs Desert Sun, 2/1/2016, pg 14A.
