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Crays, Jennie C.
Crays, Jennie C.
Jennie C. Crays became the first woman to be elected to the Minneapolis, Minnesota school board in 1892. She was nominated by The Woman's Council, which contains representatives of all of the women's societies in the city. Her nomination...
Jennings, Mary L.
Jennings, Mary L.
Mary L. Jennings was elected school superintendent for Carbon County, Wyoming in 1892 as the Republican candidate.
Scally, Ann
Scally, Ann
Ann Scally from Fort McKinney, Johnson County, Wyoming was elected justice of the peace in 1892, becoming the first woman to hold that post in Wyoming. She defeated her Republican candidate 4 to 1, despite being nominated on the day of t...
Alsup, Lena Leota
Alsup, Lena Leota
Miss Lena L. Alsup was nominated for county recorder in Henry County, Iowa on the Democratic and People's tickets. She lost to Republican Mrs. S. H. Osgood.
Gale, Ella
Gale, Ella
Ella Gale from Groton, New York, was elected School Commissioner of Tompkins County-Second District in 1892, becoming the first woman to occupy that position in New York. She won despite being a Democratic and Prohibition nominee in a pr...
Osgood, Seraphine H.
Osgood, Seraphine H.
Seraphine Osgood was elected County Recorder in Henry Country, Iowa in 1892. She was involved with the Woman's Relief Corps, and served in the executive board on multiple occasions.