Sheldon, Clara

The Kansas State Historical Society reports that in 1896 Mrs. Clara Sheldon was elected Ellis, Ellis County (Kansas) city clerk along with a woman mayor and city council. Theirs was a law and order campaign committed to the full enforcement of prohibition. However, a New York Times article, "Ellis To Be Ruled by Women," (April 11, 1896) reports that Sheldon was running for the office of police judge and that she alone among the women candidates lost (to a man).