Mrs. Laura M. Johns [Saline County Journal, April 10, 1890]

Amelia Anne Allen's Campaign for School Board Member, 1890

Allen, Amelia Anne

Amelia Allen was elected from the first ward to the school board of Salina, Kansas in 1890. Allen was one of the first African American women elected to office in the United States. She ran for re-election two years later, but lost by five…