School Elections in Illinois

Kate Poindexter's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1894

Alice Wright Gwin's Campaign for School Board Member, 1892

Minnie Arnold's Campaign for Member of School Board, 1892

Jennie P. Slater's Campaign for County Recorder, 1904

Prindle, Isabella A. H.

Isabella A.H. Prindle contested elections for the post of trustee of the school board in 1892 from Evanston,Illinois and lost. She contested elections on a ticket proposing Mrs. Gertrude Singleton as president, and Mrs. W.E. Clifford and...

Mrs. J Burrill's Campaign for School Board Member, 1892

Jennie P. Slater's Campaign for County Recorder, 1902

Mrs. W. E. Clifford's Campaign for School Board Trustee, 1892

Stanwood, Louise Brockway

Louise Brockway Stanwood was the first Evanston woman to hold public office, being elected trustee of the District 75 School Board in 1892. While a member of the board, she pushed for standardizing rules for developing courses of study a...

Welch, Miss M.

Miss M. Welch was elected to the school board from Clinton, Illinois in 1892. More than two-thirds of the women in the city voted in that election, making it the largest election yet in Clinton. Two of the other women running for the pos...