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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...
Baxter, Annie White
Annie Baxter was elected County Clerk of Jasper County, Missouri in 1890. Her electoral opponent, Julius Fischer, contested the election on the grounds that women were not eligible.Baxter, however, remained in the race; the Greene County...
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.
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...
Mogeau, Maggie
In 1894 Mogeau, a resident of San Bernardino, California, was nominated for the position of county superintendent. She won. She held the office for the 1895-1899 term along with a number of other California women who were also elected in...
Judson, Ellen S.
Ellen S. Judson ran for Regent of the State University in Colorado in 1894.
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. Ho...
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...
Bigelow, Belle G.
Belle E. Bigelow of Lincoln, Nebraska was nominated for Lieutenant Governor in 1894. Bigelow was twice the Prohibition Party candidate for County Superintendent of Instruction. She ran in 1885 and again in 1892, but did not win either race.
