Saylor, Anna L.

In 1918 Mrs. Anna L. Saylor of Berkeley, California ran for the state assembly (41st district) from Alameda County. She won her party's nomination with nearly sixty percent of the vote. She then won the general election, where she was al...

Hughes, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Hughes was elected the California state legislature, representing Butte County, in 1918. She was one of the first four women elected to the California legislature that year. Hughes was re-elected once more in 1920.. Before her ...

Bernice Edgar's Campaign for State Assembly, 1914

Callaway, Kora

Kora Callaway ran for the California state legislature, from the twenty-ninth district, representing San Francisco in 1918. Callaway received over 900 votes, but did not win election. Calloway was an educator and was born and raised in M...

Kora Callaway's Campaign for State House of Representatives, 1918

Margaret Tobin Brown's Campaign for State Senate, 1901

Steiner, Martha

In 1918 Martha Steiner of San Francisco was one of several California women who ran for public office. She ran unsuccessfully for the Assembly from the Twenty-first district. She was originally from Tennessee, moving to California in the...

Broughton, Esto B.

Esto B. Broughton was a lawyer who was elected the California state legislature, representing Stanislaus County, in 1918. She was one of the first four women elected to the California legislature that year. Broughton was re-elected once,...

Margaret Sternborg's Campaign for County Recorder, 1912

Harrington, Mrs. E. C.

Mrs. E. C. Harrington ran for justice of the peace in San Francisco, California in 1914. Harrington was a practicing attorney in that city.