Men Shunned the Polls

Belle Miller's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1895

Myrick, Mary J.

Mary J. Myrick was elected school Director in Peotone, Will County, Illinois in 1893.  The newspaper reporting noted that she was the only candidate in the race, and that women voters were almost 50% of the total who showed up at th...

Belle Norman's Campaign for School Board, 1897

Mary J. Myrick's Campaign for School Director, 1893