Godly Seed: American Evangelicals Confront Birth Control, 1873-1973

Meder, Leonora Z.

Leonora Z. Meder ran for Mayor of Chicago in 1919. The New York Times reported her as saying, "There is no reason why a woman cannot govern the second largest city in the United States. Can you name one of the candidates who has thrown his…

Leonora Z. Meder's Campaign for Mayor, 1919