Article: Pueblo Elks Lodge trumpets first female exalted ruler.

Byline: Nick Bonham

May 2--For the first time in its 117-year history, Pueblo Elks Lodge No. 90 elected a female exalted ruler.

Marcie Morgan was installed on April 7.

"It's a little scary," admitted the 49-year-old mother of two and grandmother of four. "It's always been a man's world, but a lot of the men have been supportive. At my installation I asked the members not to judge me because I'm a woman, but to judge me on the work I do and the past work I've done."

Women were allowed to join Elks lodges nationally in 1997. Lodge No. 90 has about 1,400 members, of which about 40 are women.

Morgan, now a full-time grandmother ...

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