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.
E.M. Shroat ran in 1894 as a candidate for Nebraska state representative from Custer County. She was prominent in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Nellie E. Matteson was a Populist Party candidate for Colorado state legislature in 1894. Matteson was active in the woman suffrage movement on a national level.
Etta Semple, of Ottawa, Kansas, was nominated in 1894 for the office of state superintendent of instruction. In 1904 Semple ran for the office of County Coroner on the Socialist Party ticket. She probably did not receive any votes. ...
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...