Merrie Hoover Abbott was elected as prosecuting attorney of Ogemaw County, Michigan in 1898. Abbott was a lawyer in practice with her husband. After her election Attorney-General Horace M. Oren brought proceedings to test Abbott's right ...
Dr. Maria M. Dean was elected to the School Board of Helena, Montana, and served from 1896 to 1902. Dean became chair of the School Board during her terms in office
Edith K.O. Clark was elected County Superintendent of Sheridan County, Wyoming, in 1908. Five years later she was elected to the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Wyoming and served from 1914-1918.
Ada Faust was presented as a candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Utah in 1900 on the Democratic ticket. The Democrats nominated a different candidate for the race.
Maggie Smith Hathaway, a Democrat. had a long career in elective and administrative service in Montana. Maggie V. Smith (later Hathaway) was elected Lewis and Clark County, Montana superintendent of schools in 1904 with 19,171 votes. She...
Elizabeth A. Hayward was a Democratic and Progressive candidate for the State House in Utah from Salt Lake City in 1914 and 1916. She won both races. While in the legislature Hayward She supported raising the minimum age for workers to 1...