The Women of Peoria Women's Club

Lucie B. Tyng's Campaign for University Trustee, 1904

Tyng, Lucie B.

In 1904 Lucie B. Tyng was an unsuccessful candidate for University of Illinois Trustee, polling 1.34% or 43,067, of the votes cast. She ran on the Prohibition Party ticket. Tyng had been the first woman elected to the school board of Peori…