Redefining the Political" Socialist Women and Party Politics in California, 1900-1920"

Maynard, Mila Tupper

Mila Tupper Maynard of Denver was a Socialist Party candidate for State Senate  in Colorado in 1902. In 1910 she ran for State Auditor of Colorado, but did not win the race. Maynard later moved to California where she campaigned for...

Noel, Frances Nacke

Frances Nacke Noel was a socialist-feminist candidate for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council in 1913. She was a prominent suffragist and club woman. Noel did not win her campaign. Some resources indicate that Frances Nacke ran for a ...

Wolfe, Emma J.

Emma J. Wolfe campaigned for a seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education in 1913. She was not successful in her bid for office. Wolfe was a socialist feminist and a leader in the California Congress of Mothers.

Unruh, Ada Wallace

In 1918, Ada Unruh ran on a Prohibition-National ticket for the Oregon House of Representatives. She did not win. Unruh had been involved in the Oregon Woman's Christian Temperance Union since 1891, serving as its president in 1913. In h...

Mila Tupper Maynard's Campaign for State Auditor, 1910

Nelle Maxson's Campaign for County Superintendent of Instruction, 1910

Mollie Horton's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1913

Ada Wallace Unruh's Campaign for State House of Representatives or Assembly, 1918

Adelina Otero Warren's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1918

Emma J. Wolfe's Campaign for Board of Education, 1913