Seeing with Their Hearts: Chicago Women and the Vision of the Good City 1871-1933

Leonora Z. Meder's Campaign for Mayor, 1919

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…

Vittum, Harriet Elizabeth

Harriet E. Vittum campaigned as a independent candidate for the Board of Alderman from Chicago, Illinois' 17th Ward in 1914. In the same year she ran for Cook County's Board of commissioners on the Progressive ticket. She may have placed a…

Harriet Elizabeth Vittum's Campaign for County Commissioner, 1914