In 1912 Josephine Preston was elected Washington state superintendent of public instruction. She was re-elected to serve terms through to 1928. She was the first woman to be elected to state office in Washington. Preston taught school in...
Ina Phillips Williams was the Republican party candidate elected to the Washington State House of Representatives in 1913, from the Twentieth District. She served for one term. Williams ran for the seat in 1914 on the Progressive Party t...
Anna Louise Strong was the Democratic candidate for State House of Representative from the Forty-Sixth District in King County, Washington in 1916. She campaigned successfully for a seat on the Seattle, Washington School Board in 1917. S...
Winifred M. Cooper was elected County Clerk of Wahkiakum County, Washington in 1914. Two years later Cooper was elected as County Treasurer. Before her election in 1914 Cooper was a stenographer in a local government office.
Katherine Hodgins was the Socialist Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor in Washington State in 1916. She did not win the race. Hodgins was the business manager for The Commonwealth, a Washington State Socialist newspaper.
Frances Sylvester ran as the Socialist candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction in Washington state in 1904 and again in 1912 and 1916. She did not win any race. Sylvester received her A.B. degree from the University of Washing...