Women Candidates for Congress

Weekes, Marie

In 1920 Marie Weekes ran as a candidate for the U. S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's Third District. She was nominated by petition. Earlier, she had been defeated as a candidate for district delegate to the Democratic national ...

Schneiderman, Rose

In 1920 Rose Schneiderman ran for a U. S. Senate seat from New York State. She lost, receiving just 15,000 votes, fewer than the other third party candidates including Prohibition party nominee Ella A. Boole (159,623) and Socialist party...

Rose Schneiderman's Campaign for U.S. Senate, 1920

Marie Weekes's Campaign for U.S. House of Representatives, 1920

Marion H. Laing's Campaign for State Assembly Member, 1920