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Ellis Meredith was a Colorado journalist, editor, and suffrage activist. In 1893 she gained notice as an important lobbyist arguing the case for full woman suffrage in her state, a campaign that succeeded. With these equal suffrage and elective rights many women in Colorado ran for office in 1894. In that year Meredith was nominated for the State House of Representatives from Arapahoe County on the People's Party ticket. She did not win. In 1910 Meredith was elected as Election Commissioner for the city of Denver. She was sometimes known by her first husband's family name of Stansbury. She is listed on the People's ticket in 1894 as Lyl Stansbury. Meredith became active in the Democratic Party in the early twentieth century and campaigned for Woodrow Wilson in 1918.
Ellis Meredith began her career as a journalist writing for publications such as the Rocky Mountain News. She also wrote several books. Meredith married twice, divorcing her first husband. Howard Stansbury, and later marrying Henry H. Clement. She had no children.
