The School Trustee Election

Stella Courtright Stimson's Campaign for School Board, 1909

Smith, Julia C.

Julia C. Smith was one of three women candidates for a seat on the school board of Terre Haute, Indiana in 1909. She did not win a seat.

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…

Hollinger, Eva M.

Eva M. Hollinger was one of three women candidates to campaign for a seat on the school board of Terre Haute, Indiana in 1909. She did not win. Hollinger was an officer of the local branch of the Eastern Star, the Masonic organization for …