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Eliza Burt Gamble was the Socialist Party candidate for University Regent in Michigan in 1909. She did not win the race. Gamble was a well known writer, using evolutionary theory to support rights for women. She developed her theories through three books The Evolution of Woman (1894), The God-Idea of the Ancients (1897), and The Sexes in Science and History (1916). As an early supporter, Gamble spoke at woman suffrage meetings in Michigan.
