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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 l…
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 healt…
Jones, Charlotte F. [California]
Charlotte F. Jones ran for Judge of the Superior Court of California in 1914. Jones was a practicing attorney in San Francisco who was qualified to appear before the Superior Court.
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, b…
Saylor, Anna L.
In 1918 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 also the …