Women Demand Recognition: Women Candidates in Colorado's Election of 1912

Williamson, Katherine

Katherine Williamson ran for U.S. Congress from Colorado in 1912. She was endorsed by the Democratic Party. Two years earlier Williamson considered running for the state senate. She was the first woman factory inspector in the state of Col…

Ida M. Casady's Campaign for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1912

Florence E. Dick's Campaign for University Regent, 1912

Sanders, Maude

Dr. Maude Sanders was a candidate for State University Regent in Colorado in 1906, representing the Prohibition Party. She ran in a field of seven, which included one other woman, and came in last with 18,936 votes. Sanders was one of the …

Mrs. John Wilson's Campaign for County Superintendent, 1918

Dick, Florence E.

Florence Dick was a candidate for the office of Colorado University Regent in 1912. Dick campaigned for State Superintendent of Instruction for Colorado in 1914 and ran against four other women. She did not win either race.

Robinson, Helen Ring

Helen Ring Robinson, journalist and lecturer, ran in Colorado's 1912 Democratic primary for the office of state senate. She won the primary with 4,665 votes, and then the general election, becoming the first or second woman in the United S…