Redefining the Political" Socialist Women and Party Politics in California, 1900-1920"

Mila Tupper Maynard's Campaign for City Council, 1913

Frances Nacke Noel's Campaign for City Council, 1913

Nellie Viola Reames Hearn's Campaign for Treasurer, 1918

Emma J. Wolfe's Campaign for Board of Education, 1913

Mila Tupper Maynard's Campaign for State Senator, 1902

Maynard, Mila Tupper

Mila Tupper Maynard of Denver was a Socialist Party candidate for State Senate  in Colorado in 1902. In 1910 she ran for State Auditor of Colorado, but did not win the race. Maynard later moved to California where she campaigned for a…

Wolfe, Emma J.

Emma J. Wolfe campaigned for a seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education in 1913. She was not successful in her bid for office. Wolfe was a socialist feminist and a leader in the California Congress of Mothers.

Noel, Frances Nacke

Frances Nacke Noel was a socialist-feminist candidate for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council in 1913. She was a prominent suffragist and club woman. Noel did not win her campaign. Some resources indicate that Frances Nacke ran for a po…

Lindsey, Estelle Lawton

In 1912 Estelle Lawton Lindsay was Socialist party candidate for the State House of Representatives in California. The following year she was the Socialist party candidate for the Los Angeles City Council. Lindsey lost but was elected in 1…

Mila Tupper Maynard's Campaign for State Auditor, 1910