Seven Chicago Women Enter the Race for Jobs as Alderwomen

Agnew, Julia

Julia Agnew was the Aldermanic candidate on the Progressive ticket in the 31st Ward in Chicago, Illinois in 1914.

Conger-Kaneko, Josephine

Josephine Conger-Kaneko was a Socialist Party candidate for University of Illinois Trustee in 1912. She ran for this office again in 1914, but was not elected in that race either. The same year she ran for Chicago Alderman from the Sixth...

Drake, Marion

In 1914 Progressive candidate, Marion Drake campaigned in Chicago, Illinois' 1st Ward for the Board of Alderman. She lost the election to her Democratic opponent, John Coughlin.

Dubin, Gertrude R.

Gertrude R. Dubin was the Socialist Party's Aldermanic candidate for Chicago, Illinois' 20th Ward in 1914.

Napieralski, Bernice

In 1914, Bernice Napieralski campaigned for the Board of Alderman in Chicago, Illinois' 12th Ward. She ran on the Progressive ticket.

McDermut, Lida E.

Lida E. McDermut represented the Socialist Party in the 1914 election for Board of Alderman in Chicago, Illinois' 7th Ward.

Vittum, Harriet Elizabeth

Harriet E. Vittum campaigned as a independent candidate for the Board of Alderman from Chicago, Illinois' 17th Ward in 1914. In the same year she ran for Cook County's Board of commissioners on the Progressive ticket. She may have placed...

Marion Drake's Campaign for Alderman, 1914

Bernice Napieralski's Campaign for Alderman, 1914

Lida E. McDermut's Campaign for Alderman, 1914