Autobiography

McCulloch, Catharine Waugh

In 1888 Catharine Waugh was nominated by the Winnebago County Prohibition Party for the office of State's Attorney. She campaigned hard, taking a woman friend with her to the political meetings. She felt that it helped the "woman question" to have men hear a woman speak in public. She lost but ran ahead of the ticket. Waugh said being a candidate was fun, but also wrote colleagues in a woman...

Catharine Waugh McCulloch's Campaign for State Attorney, 1888

Dorothea Kolls's Campaign for County Superintendent of Instruction, 1909

Clara I. Simmons's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1907