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Goff, Eugenia Almira Wheeler
Eugenia Goff was nominated for school board of Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1894. She was supported by women in the city in her race for the school board, along with endorsements from the Populist, Prohibitionist, and Democratic parties. Howe…
Alison, Mrs. A.
Mrs. A. Alison of Cuba, Kansas ran for State Superintendent of Instruction in 1894.
Judson, Ellen S.
Ellen S. Judson ran for Regent of the State University in Colorado in 1894.
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 Rege…
Matteson, Nellie E.
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.
Peck, Catherine
Catherine Peck Wylde In 1918, Democrat Catherine Peck Wylde campaigned against the incumbent state senator, George L. Thompson, in New York's 1st District. Wylde ran on a prohibition platform. Although several democratic sections of her di…
Peavey, Angennette J.
In 1894, a year after women gained voting rights in Colorado, Peavey was elected as state superintendent of public instruction, the first woman to win statewide office. Esteele Reel ( Wyoming) and Emma F. Bates ( North Dakota) won election…
Sanford, Amelia
In 1894, at the Prohibition Party convention, Mrs. Mary Metzgar nominated Sanford of Bloomington, Illinois for the position of trustee of the state university. Sanford's qualifications included past positions as professor at Adrian College…
Bates, Emma B.
Emma B. Bates was elected as State Superintendent of Public Instruction, North Dakota in 1894; serving for 1895-1896. Bates was a graduate of Alleghany College and had a career in education.