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Younger, E.C.
E.C. Younger was one of a large group of women nominated for state office in Colorado in 1894. She was a candidate for state assembly from Lake County.
Worthington, Minna
By 1894, when Worthington was nominated for the position of Pike County (Illinois) superintendent of schools, women had held the position for a number of years. She was principal of the Perry schools at the time of her candidacy.
Strickland, M.
M. Strickland, a Nebraska resident, was nominated in 1894 to run for the office of Cerro Gordo county recorder. She was active in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Roberts, Lavina
In 1894 Lavina Roberts ran an active, but unsuccessful, candidacy as the People's party nominee for Illinois state superintendent of public instruction. Roberts polled 22,557 votes. Earlier she had worked her way through the State Normal...
Morris, Ellen D.
In 1894 Ellen D. Morris, a resident of Kansas City, ran as a candidate for Missouri state superintendent of schools. She trained as a teacher and later worked for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Morris ran a poor third out of a f...
Stansbury, L. Meredith
L. Meredith Stansbury was nominated in 1894 for state assembly from Arapahoe County, Colorado. In that year she was the best known of the assembly candidates. The Woman's Journal described her as the "Ellis Meredith" of the Denver News. ...
Wadhams, Lucinda M.
In 1894 Lucinda M. Wadhams campaigned for the position of Cook County (Illinois) superintendent.
March, Clara
In 1894 March, a resident of Yolo County, California, was nominated for county superintendent of schools. At convention, her party adopted a woman suffrage plank but nominated women only for county level positions. March won the election...
Sheridan, Marian M.
Marian M. Sheridan was the People's Party candidate for Colorado state legislature in 1894.
