Miss Eva M. Shontz to the Convention

Shontz, Eva M.

In 1906 Eva M. Shontz, a close friend of Frances Willard, ran as a Prohibition Party candidate for University of Illinois Trustee. She polled 30,128 votes (1.25%) and did not win any one of the three positions to be filled in this election for trustees. As a young woman she was interested in the idea of the "One Million Club," a movement intent on organizing one million voters to cast ballot...

Eva M. Shontz's Campaign for University Trustee, 1906

Florence Smith's Campaign for County Register of Deeds, 1906