Miss Clay and Mrs. Stewart Get a Vote Each in Convention

Clay, Laura M.

Laura M. Clay of Kentucky was nominated for president of the United States in 1920. At the National Democratic Convention, in San Francisco, in July of 1920, one vote was cast nominating Clay for president. The vote was cast by the chair of the Kentucky delegation.

Stewart, Cora Wilson

Cora Stewart was a nationally known educator and innovator of adult literacy programs. She was devout and believed herself to have a callin, and identified with other leading Progressive era women. Stewart began her literary education work in her hometown and county, Farmers, Rowan County. Her "Moonlight School" idea was so successful that surrounding southern states copied it. In 1901, at t...

Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1901

Ella C. Chantry's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1901