History of Monona County, Iowa

Canfield, Abbie O.

Abbie O. Canfield was the Greenback Party candidate for County Superintendent of Public Schools for Monona County, Iowa in 1882. She came in third in a three-way race. The following year Canfield was nominated by the Greenback Party for ...

Fulton, Sarah

Sarah Fulton was elected County Superintendent of Common Schools for Monona County, Iowa in 1871, and again in 1873. In 1871 Fulton also ran for County Auditor, but lost that race. She was the first woman to campaign and win election in ...

Swain, Adeline Morrison

Adeline M. Swain campaigned for County Superintendent of Public Instruction for Monona County, Iowa in 1880. She came in second in a field of four candidates. Three years later Swain was nominated for State Superintendent of Public Instr...

Norwood, Mary A.

Mary A. Norwood campaigned for County Recorder of Monona County, Iowa in 1879. She did not win the race.

Abbie O. Canfield's Campaign for State Superintendent of Instruction, 1883

Adeline Morrison Swain's Campaign for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1883

Adeline Morrison Swain's Campaign for County Superintnendent of Public Instruction, 1880

Amelia L. Halsey's Campaign for County Superintendent of Instruction, 1880

Sarah Fulton's Campaign for County Superintendent of Common Schools, 1871

Tennie C. Claflin's Campaign for U.S. House of Representatives, 1871