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![Swain, Adeline Morrison](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/618d0e6ba117a8.26421042.jpg/full/360,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
Adeline M. Swain campaigned for County Superintendent of Public Instruction for Monona County, Iowa in 1880. She came in second in a field of four candidates. Three years later Swain was nominated for State Superintendent of Public Instruction by the Greenback Party, being the first woman nominated for a State office in Iowa. In 1884 Swain was chosen a delegate from Iowa to the National Convention of that party held ut Indianapolis to nominate candidates for President and Vice-President. She spent over forty years working with state and national suffrage associations.