Woman of the century: fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life,

Bigelow, Belle G.

Belle E. Bigelow of Lincoln, Nebraska was nominated for Lieutenant Governor in 1894. Bigelow was twice the Prohibition Party candidate for County Superintendent of Instruction. She ran in 1885 and again in 1892, but did not win either race.

Bittenbender, Ada M.

In 1891 and 1893 Ada M. Bittenbender was a candidate for Supreme Judge of Nebraska. Bittenbender, a lawyer, practiced in Nebraska and before the U.S. Supreme Court. She was a suffragist and attorney for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. It was reported that she received 7,322 votes out of a total of 155,000 cast in the State in 1891, the largest vote in proportion ever given for the he...

Beckwith, Emma

Emma Beckwith ran for mayor of Brooklyn, New York in 1889 on the Equal Rights party ticket. She received twenty-five to fifty votes and was not elected. Her platform included a call for the appointment or election of women to positions such as the police force, coal inspector, and the Board of Education. Beckwith served as president of the Brooklyn, New York Equal Rights party from the late ...

Diehl, Cora Victoria

Cora Victoria Diehl was elected Register of Deeds for Logan County, Oklahoma in 1890. She was the People's Party candidate and was also endorsed by the Democrats. Diehl was the first woman to be elected to public office in the state of Oklahoma. She ran again for the office in 1892, but lost her bid for re-election.

Davis, Ida May

Ida May Davis was elected to the Board of Education for Terre Haute, Indiana in 1891. By 1893 Davis was chair of the Board. Some sources list Davis as having been appointed to the office, rather than elected.

Dunham, Marion Howard

Marion Howard Dunham of Iowa was nominated for Reporter of the state Supreme Court in 1894.

Foltz, Clara Shortridge

Clara Shortridge Foltz was a pioneering woman attorney who opened the California bar to women lawyers. She practiced law until the age of 80 and innovated the idea of an office of public defender. Foltz was active in the fight for suffrage in California. She served as a Trustee of the State Normal School in Los Angeles, ending her term in 1891. In 1892 she ran for the position of City Attorn...

Hamilton, Anna J.

Anna J. Hamilton, an educator, writer, editor, and journalist was elected to the school board of Lexington, Kentucky some time before 1914.

Garner, Eliza A.

Eliza A. Garner campaigned for the office of County School Commissioner in South Carolina in 1888 and 1890. She was not elected in either race. Garner ran on a platform of extending the school and supplying free books to the students. The local Democratic Committee refused to print tickets (ballots?) for her. A printer she hired supplied the tickets, but in the wrong shape. At the election t...

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 ...