Angels in the Machinery

Taylor, Winona

In 1894 Winona Taylor campaigned on the Populist Party ticket for the state legislature. Although women had voted in Wyoming since 1869, she was the first woman legislative candidate. Taylor did not win but in 1910 Mary G. Bellamy of Laram…

Nellie Matteson's Campaign for State House of Representatives or Assembly, 1894

Winona Taylor's Campaign for State Representative, 1894

Matteson, Nellie E.

Nellie E. Matteson was a Populist Party candidate for Colorado state legislature in 1894. Matteson was active in the woman suffrage movement on a national level.

Mrs. C. Teachout's Campaign for County Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1885