From collection Candidates
A well-known writer and literary critic, in 1894 Peattie was nominated to become a member on the Omaha (Nebraska) board of education. Two years later, with five parties contesting the office, she was nominated as a candidate for state university regent. Peattie, the mother of four, was a prolific writer. She wrote short stories, poems, novels, plays and stories for young readers as well as newspaper columns for the Omaha World-Herald and the Chicago Tribune.
