Impertinences: Selected Writings of Elia Peattie, A Journalist in the Gilded Age

Peattie, Elia Wilkinson

A well-known writer and literary critic, in 1894 Peattie was nominated to become a member on the Omaha (Nebraska) board of education. Two years later, with five parties contesting the office, she was nominated as a candidate for state un...

Elia Wilkinson Peattie's Campaign for Board of Education, 1894

Elizabeth M. Craise's Campaign for State House of Representatives, 1894

Elizabeth Frazier's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1896