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Elsensohn, Emma Nelson
Elsensohn, Emma Nelson
As Emma Nelson, the Peoples party candidate, she was elected as County Superintendent of Schools in Garfield County, Washington in 1896. While in office Nelson married and as Emma Elsensohn was elected 1898.
Currier, Susan Lord
Currier, Susan Lord
Susan Currier graduated from Oberlin College in 1895, after which she returned to Washington State. She taught in Olympia, Washington from 1895 to 1896, was a school principal the following year. In 1896 she was elected to her first term as Superintendent of Schools in Skagit County, serving from 1897 to 1903. She married in 1902, and, with her husband, published and edited the Mt. Vernon Ar...
Harris, Ada M.
Harris, Ada M.
Ada M. Harris was the Republican candidate elected to be the School Superintendent of Pacific County, Washington in 1896. Harris ran unopposed for re-election two years later.
Plummer, Laura G.
Plummer, Laura G.
Laura G. Plummer, a Republican, was elected to be the County Superintendent of Schools for Island County, Washington in 1898. Two years later she was the Democratic candidate for the office, but lost to the Republican nominee, Ella Meagher.
Steiner, Sevilla
Steiner, Sevilla
Steiner, a fusion candidate, was elected to be the Douglas County School Superintendent in 1898. She ran as a Democrat two years later and won her race for a second term.