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Emma Ghent Curtis ran for the Colorado state senate in 1894 but did not win. In 1898 she was nominated for the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction by the Populists but was again unsuccessful. Curtis was a well-known writer of popular Western fiction known for her cowboy novel The Administratrix. She also published a newspaper, The Royal Gorge, to promote the cause of woman suffrage. She lobbied for full woman suffrage in Colorado before women won that right in 1893. Curtis attended the Populist Party conventions of 1891 and 1892, joining with other delegates in urging the party to add woman suffrage to its platform. She also advocated that more women should be elected party delegates, and urged labor women to become more involved in elections.
Curtis was born in Indiana. She married James Curtis in 1882 and had two children with him. She served on the board of control of the State Industrial School for Boys, Jefferson County, Colorado from 1893 to 1896.
