The "Lyre Girls": First Women Newspaper Owners in Wyoming

Heath, Laura C.

Laura C. Heath was elected as County Superintendent of Schools for Campbell County, Wyoming in 1918. She won against the incumbent, Anna B. Schmidt. Heath resigned from the office in August of 1919 due to ill health. With her sister Gertru…

Edith C. Scott's Campaign for County Clerk, 1918

Gertrude M. Huntington's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1900

Josie Branson Sprague's Campaign for County Recorder, 1918

Gertrude M. Huntington's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1896

Gertrude M. Huntington's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1898

Huntington, Gertrude M.

Gertrude Huntington was elected the Carbon County, Wyoming School Superintendent for two terms, from 1894, 1896,1898 and 1900. While in office, she oversaw the new construction of schools, the increased enrollment of students, and the impl…

Gertrude M. Huntington's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1894