On the Eve of the Election [The Woman's Journal, November 10, 1894]

Macon, Mary

Mary Macon was the president of the Colorado Women's Democratic Club, the first woman's club placed upon the membership roll of the National Association of Democratic Clubs. She was nominated in 1894 for regent of the state university in C…

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…

Catlin, Alice M.

In 1894 Alice M. Catlin campaigned unsuccessfully for the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Colorado. She ran on the Populist party ticket. Mrs. A.J. Peavey (Republican), Mrs. Mary C.C. Bradford (Democrat), and Mr. A.…

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…

Judson, Ellen S.

Ellen S. Judson ran for Regent of the State University in Colorado in 1894.

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.

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 Woma…

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. ("…

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 […

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…