Women Officeholders in Kansas, 1872-1912

C. J.. M. Sharon's Campaign for County Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1874

Hannah C. Johnson's Campaign for County Superintendent of Instruction, 1909

McGill, Alice

Alice McGill was elected as register of deeds (circa 1900) for Graham County, Kansas. She was one of several women to hold this position in Kansas in this period. Elected by all-male voters, these women often proved themselves in lower, ...

Hannah B. Morse's Campaign for City Council, 1888

C. Ina Sutley's Campaign for County Superintendent of Public Schools, 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 ...

Maria Mahlberg's Campaign for University Trustee, 1910

Jennie Richards' Campaign for School Board Member, 1899

Webster, Ellen

Kansas ' first legislature, in 1861, gave women the right to vote in school elections. In 1872 Ellen Webster became superintendent of public instruction in Harvey County, Kansas. She took the oath of office in June, an event noted only i...

Maria M. Sheetz's Campaign for City Council, 1894