Many Women Candidates for Election,

Blanchard, Stella

Stella Blanchard ran for Congress from California's Eleventh District in 1914. Blanchard was active in public affairs.

Anthony, Dr. Mabel E.

Dr. Mabel E. Anthony ran for the state senate of California from the sixteenth district in 1914. Anthony was a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in San Francisco. She was an experienced lobbyist on the state level on hea...

Callaway, Kora

Kora Callaway ran for the California state legislature, from the twenty-ninth district, representing San Francisco in 1918. Callaway received over 900 votes, but did not win election. Calloway was an educator and was born and raised in M...

Broughton, Esto B.

Esto B. Broughton was a lawyer who was elected the California state legislature, representing Stanislaus County, in 1918. She was one of the first four women elected to the California legislature that year. Broughton was re-elected once,...

Edgar, Bernice A.

Bernice A. Edgar ran for the State Assembly in California's seventieth district in 1914. She had been educated at the University of Michigan and was an active clubwoman. Edgar ran again for the State Assembly in 1918.  She did not w...

Harrington, Mrs. E. C.

Mrs. E. C. Harrington ran for justice of the peace in San Francisco, California in 1914. Harrington was a practicing attorney in that city.

Kibbe, Dr. Minora E.

Dr. Minora E. Kibbe ran for school board in the San Francisco area in 1908. In 1914 she ran for the state assembly in Oakland, California. Kibbe practiced Health Care and Medicine in Oakland and San Francisco, working at the Chinese Clin...

Reed, Anna Morrison

California voted full suffrage for women in 1911. In 1918 Reed, who wrote and lectured about woman suffrage, was one of several women in the state who ran for public office. She was an unsuccessful candidate for the state assembly from U...

Hughes, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Hughes was elected the California state legislature, representing Butte County, in 1918. She was one of the first four women elected to the California legislature that year. Hughes was re-elected once more in 1920.. Before her ...

Jones, Charlotte F.

Charlotte F. Jones ran for Judge of the Superior Court of California in 1914. Jones was a practicing attorney in San Francisco who was qualified to appear before the Superior Court.