Many Women Candidates for Election,

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...

Edgar, Bernice A.

Bernice A. Edgar ran for the State Assembly in California's seventieth district in 1914. She had been educated at the University of Michigan and was an active clubwoman. Edgar ran again for the State Assembly in 1918.  She did not w...

Minora E. Kibbe's Campaign for School Board Member, 1908

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

Kibbe, Dr. Minora E.

Dr. Minora E. Kibbe ran for school board in the San Francisco area in 1908. In 1914 she ran for the state assembly in Oakland, California. Kibbe practiced Health Care and Medicine in Oakland and San Francisco, working at the Chinese Clin...

Margaret Swiggett's Campaign for County Register of Deeds, 1906

Anthony, Dr. Mabel E.

Dr. Mabel E. Anthony ran for the state senate of California from the sixteenth district in 1914. Anthony was a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in San Francisco. She was an experienced lobbyist on the state level on hea...

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