Marion Todd's Campaign for State Attorney General, 1881

Todd, Marion

In 1881, a year after she had been widowed, Marion Todd ran for the office of California attorney general as a candidate of the Greenback Labor Party. She lost but ran ahead of her ticket, having conducted an active campaign of speeches across the state. A political activist, Todd attended the first national anti-monopoly convention (Chicago) as a delegate in 1893 and, again, in 1894. In 189...