Mary G. Brewer ran for the New York State Senate as the Socialist candidate from Staten Island. On September 1, 1918, The New York Tribune profiled her in a feature on women candidates in the then-upcoming election. The New York Tribune ...
Etha P. Clancy, of Niagara County, campaigned as the Democratic candidate for the State Assembly in 1918. She was a suffrage activist in her home county.
Jennie B. Cohen ran as the Republican candidate for the New York State Assembly in 1918 from the 1st District, New York County. She came in third in a four-way race.
Elizabeth Colbert campaigned for Albany's second district in the 1918 election of Members of Assembly on the Democratic ticket. Mrs. Colbert lost the election, coming in second. She continued to be an active suffragist and a member of th...
In 1919, Dr. Elizabeth V. Gillette became the first woman from an upstate county to be elected to the New York State Assembly. This was her second bid for the office. Her victory was the first time in seventeen years that Schenectady Cou...
In 1918, Grace Martin campaigned on the Democratic ticket to represent Monroe County, New York in the State Assembly. She came in second in a four-way race.