Women Office Holders in Kansas, 1872-1912

Wright, Mary Page

In 1874 Miss Mary Page Wright was elected Coffey County, Kansas superintendent of schools. Her election as superintendent furnished the Kansas Supreme Court the test case, Wright v. Noell, in the decision that sex is no disqualification fo…

Sullivan, Lucy M.

In 1889 Lucy M. Sullivan was elected mayor of Baldwin, Kansas.

Mary A. Higbey's Campaign for County Superintendent of Instruction, 1877

Mary A. Higbey's Campaign for County Superintendent of Instruction, 1873

C. J.. M. Sharon's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1872

Emily S. Rice's Campaign for County Clerk, 1884

May Burbank Wade's Campaign for Mayor, 1896

Rice, Emily S.

Emily S. Rice was elected as County Clerk for Harper County, Kansas in 1884 and served until 1888. Although Kansas was often progressive in matters of women's rights, since 1874 dissenters had challenged women's right to hold elective offi…

Sharon, Mrs. C. J. M.

Mrs. C. Sharon was elected Marion County (Kansas) Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1872. She was re-elected in 1874. The state legislature had voted Kansas women school election suffrage in 1861. Sharon was one of several women who …

Lucy M. Sullivan's Campaign for Mayor, 1889