From collection Candidates
Anna R. Karlin campaigned for several offices in Detroit, Michigan between 1916 and 1917. Karlin, born in Russia where she first trained in dentistry, emigrated to the United States as an adult. She attended the Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery. In 1916 Karlin campaigned for presidential elector and county coroner, both times representing the Socialist Party. The following year she ran for a six-year term on the Detroit Board of Education. She opposed military training in the schools.
