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Thalia M. Rhoads was a Republican candidate for Arapahoe County Superintendent of Schools in 1895. She also ran for the Colorado State House of Representatives in 1900 on the Republican ticket. Rhoads was a reformer active in women's rights issues, social reform, and served on the board of the local girls industrial school. She was also a Republican party activist, serving as the vice chairman of the County Central committee in 1894. Local party officials stated her leadership: " her effective labors are remembered and in the demand for full recognition of the women upon the committee she took an active and leading part.