Catharine Waugh McCulloch's Campaign for State Attorney, 1888

McCulloch, Catharine Waugh

In 1888 Catharine Waugh was nominated by the Winnebago County Prohibition Party for the office of State's Attorney. She campaigned hard, taking a woman friend with her to the political meetings. She felt that it helped the "woman question" to have men hear a woman speak in public. She lost but ran ahead of the ticket. Waugh said being a candidate was fun, but also wrote colleagues in a woman...