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Craise, Elizabeth M.
Elizabeth M. Craise ran for Representative for the State House from Arapahoe County, in Colorado in 1894. A year later she was the Prohibition party candidate for City Clerk in Denver. Criase also campaigned for University of Colorado Re...
Alison, Mrs. A.
Mrs. A. Alison of Cuba, Kansas ran for State Superintendent of Instruction in 1894.
Kearney, F. Bernice
F. Bernice Kearney of Plattsmouth, Nebraska was nominated for State Superintendent of Schools in 1894.
Nelson, Julie B.
Julia B. Nelson, a well-known woman suffrage and temperance activist of Goodhue County, Minnesota, originally from Connecticut, was nominated in 1894 for the office of county superintendent and, again, in 1896 for the position of superin...
Paulu, Stella
In 1916 Stella Paulu was elected to the Umatilla, Oregon town council, part of a group of women who took control of the local government, with Laura Stockton Starcher heading their ticket as mayor. They were effective in improving public...
Pierson, Kittie
In 1894 in Lebanon, Missouri, Pierson ran for the office of county recorder. She was nominated by the Populist Party and also endorsed by the Democratic Party.
Atchison, Rena Michaels
Rena Michaels Atchison was the dean of women at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois; and also at Albion College in Michigan. She ran for trustee of the Illinois State University in 1894. Atchinson was an active member of the Wo...
Peattie, Elia Wilkinson
A well-known writer and literary critic, in 1894 Peattie was nominated to become a member on the Omaha (Nebraska) board of education. Two years later, with five parties contesting the office, she was nominated as a candidate for state un...
Montgomery, Laura S.
Laura S. Montgomery was a candidate for Shawnee County, Kansas school superintendent in 1894.
