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Harding, Eva
Eva Harding was the Democratic candidate for the School Board in Topeka, Kansas in 1909. In 1916 she was the party nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas. The New York Times reported that Harding had "shied her bonnet ...
Grover, Emma W.
Emma W. Grover was the Prohibition party candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from the 3rd District of Kansas in 1914. Grover did not win the race.
Michels, Mrs. L. G.
Michels, the Socialist party candidate, ran unsuccessfully in 1918 for the office of Kansas Treasurer of State.
Milby, Olivia
In 1906 Olivia Milby was elected Geary County, Kansas superintendent of schools.
Lewis, Cora G.
Cora G. Lewis was the Democratic candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, in Kansas in 1917. She didn't win. Lewis had served on the state Board of Educational Administration.
Warning, Elizabeth
In 1918 Elizabeth Warning, a Democrat, ran in a field of several candidates for the position of Kansas Superintendent of Public Instruction. She was the Democratic nominee, losing to Republican Lizzie E. Wooster. Warning was an alumna of...
Scovell, Sarah C.
Sarah Scovell ran as the Socialist party candidate in 1914 for Kansas State Treasurer and in 1918 for Kansas Secretary of State. She lost both times. In 1902 the Kansas Socialist party had committed itself to a program of revitalization ...
Stokes, Ella Baldwin
In 1918 Stokes ran as a Socialist party candidate for Kansas Superintendent of Public Instruction. In a crowded field of contenders, she lost to Republican Lizzie E. Wooster. Stokes may have worked as a spiritualist lecturer.
Wooster, Lorraine Elizabeth
Wooster, known as Lizzie, was a lawyer. She wrote a number of textbooks. In 1918 she was elected Kansas Superintendent of Public Instruction, serving from 1919 until 1923. During her campaign Wooster pointed out that 12,000 of the state'...
