California Women Not Rushing for Office, But Here's Four Who Are in the Running

White, Lucy Goode

In 1912 Socialist party candidate Lucy Goode White ran unsuccessfully in a field of eight candidates (for four positions) for San Francisco County Superior Court judge. She received 12,584 votes. Attorney F. W. Sawyer attempted to have h...

Lizzie Robe's Campaign for State Assembly, 1912

Mia E. C. Devening's Campaign for State Assembly, 1914

Maggie Windsor's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1879

Hall, Helen Wisely

Helen Wisely Hall was a Socialist Party candidate for California State Assembly in 1912. She was among the first group of women to run for state-wide office after California women gained full suffrage and electoral rights in 1911.

Lucy Goode White's Campaign for County Superior Court Judge, 1912

Lavina Roberts' Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1892

Robe, Lizzie

In 1912 Lizzie Robe campaigned on the Socialist ticket for California's Twenty-eighth assembly district seat (San Francisco). With 755 votes, she ran a distant third to the winner who polled 4,355 votes.