Iowa, Legal and Political Status of Women in Iowa: An Historical Account of the Rights of Women in Iowa from 1838 to 1918,

Abbie O. Canfield's Campaign for State Superintendent of Instruction, 1883

Canfield, Abbie O.

Abbie O. Canfield was the Greenback Party candidate for County Superintendent of Public Schools for Monona County, Iowa in 1882. She came in third in a three-way race. The following year Canfield was nominated by the Greenback Party for th…

Mrs. J. C. Hill's Campaign for County Recorder, 1880

Mary Fisher's Campaign for School Board Member, 1877

Brown, Ella S.

Ella S. Brown was a candidate for the office of County Superintendent of Instruction in Wright County. Iowa in 1887. The local board of canvassers first declared Brown's male opponent as the winner of the race. Brown appealed the decision …

Addington, Julia C.

In 1869 Julia C. Addington was elected Mitchell County Superintendent of Schools in Iowa. Addington was among the first women in the nation to be elected to a county-wide political office. Women in Maine, Ohio, and Massachusetts had been e…

Mrs. C. A. Dunham's Campaign for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1889

Dunham, Mrs. C. A.

Mrs. C. A. Dunham of Burlington, Iowa was nominated by the Prohibition party for the position of Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1889. She did not win the race.

Abbie O. Canfield's Campaign for County Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1882

Julia C. Addington's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1869