Amelia Sanford's Campaign for State University Trustee, 1894

Sanford, Amelia

In 1894, at the Prohibition Party convention, Mrs. Mary Metzgar nominated Sanford of Bloomington, Illinois for the position of trustee of the state university. Sanford's qualifications included past positions as professor at Adrian College and dean of the Woman's College of the Northwestern University. Sanford was editor/publisher of the Illinois Watch Tower and active in the Woman's Christi...