Josephine K. Henry's Campaign for State Superintendent of Public Instruction,

Henry, Josephine K.

Josephine K. Henry was the Prohibition Party candidate for the office of Clerk of the Court of Appeals, in Kentucky in 1890 and 1894. Henry did not win these races. She was also named as a candidate for State Superintendent of Instruction in Kentucky. There was speculation in the press that Henry would be asked to run for U.S. President. She may have been the first woman in the South to run ...