When a Trailblazing Suffragist and a Crusading Prosecutor Teamed Up to Expose an Election Conspiracy

Stimson, Stella Courtright

Stella Courtright Stimson was elected to the Terre Haute, Indiana school board in 1909. She was one of three women candidates, and the only one who won a seat. Stimson was an active club woman. In 1913 and 1914, she and other reforming wom…

Stella Courtright Stimson's Campaign for School Board, 1909