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Dick, Florence E.
Florence Dick was a candidate for the office of Colorado University Regent in 1912. Dick campaigned for State Superintendent of Instruction for Colorado in 1914 and ran against four other women. She did not win either race.
Casady, Ida M.
Ida M. Casady of Flagler, Colorado was the Progressive Party candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1912.
Lafferty, Alma V.
Alma V. Lafferty was elected to the State House of Representatives of Colorado in 1908. She was re-elected for a second term in 1910. Lafferty ran for the State Senate in 1912, as a nominee in the Democratic primary. She did not win the nomination for the general election. Lafferty was Chairman of Committee on Education, a member of Committees on Appropriations, Judiciary, and State institut...
Sanders, Maude
Dr. Maude Sanders was a candidate for State University Regent in Colorado in 1906, representing the Prohibition Party. She ran in a field of seven, which included one other woman, and came in last with 18,936 votes. Sanders was one of the Progressive/ Bull Moose party nominees for State Representative from Denver in 1912. She lost. Two years later she was a Progressive Party candidate for th...
Robinson, Helen Ring
Helen Ring Robinson, journalist and lecturer, ran in Colorado's 1912 Democratic primary for the office of state senate. She won the primary with 4,665 votes, and then the general election, becoming the first or second woman in the United States to hold this state office. The term of office was four years (1913-1917). Her policy interests were many. She was appointed chair of the Senate's Edu...
Williamson, Katherine
Katherine Williamson ran for U.S. Congress from Colorado in 1912. She was endorsed by the Democratic Party. Two years earlier Williamson considered running for the state senate. She was the first woman factory inspector in the state of Colorado.
