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Terresa C. O'Donnell was the Democratic candidate for State Superintendent of Schools in Montana in 1916. She lost to Republican May Trumper. O'Donnell was an educator in the Butte public schools. She also worked at the Hesper Farm School near Billings and was claimed to be the first teacher in Montana to introduce playgrounds into rural schools. O'Donnell was the chairman of the Rocky Mountain Garden Clubs for several years.