School Elections in Illinois

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...

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

Gwin, Alice Wright

Alice Gwin was elected to the school board from Effingham, Illinois in 1892. She ran on the Citizen ticket which stood for a liberal policy and progress, and was nominated by women. A total of 1183 votes were cast, with over 500 of the v...

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...

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

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

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

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

Singleton, Gertrude

Gertrude Singleton from Illinois, headed a ticket to contest elections for the school board president in 1892 and lost. She contested elections on a ticket proposing herself as president, and Mrs. W.E. Clifford and Mrs. Isabella A.H. Pri...

Burrill, Mrs. J

Mrs. J Burrill was elected to the school board in Urbana, Illinois in 1892. She, along with Professor N. Clifford Ricker, was a candidate of the women and was elected by a large majority in Urbana, with an unexpectedly large number of wo...