From collection Candidates
Mrs. Emma J. McVicker campaigned for State Superintendent of Schools in Utah in 1896 on the Republican ticket, but she shortly thereafter withdrew her candidacy. McVicker was a prominent suffragette and education activist in Utah, where she was president of various women's clubs including the Utah Federation of Women's Clubs and the Utah Kindergarten Association. She also served as vice-president of the Women's Republican League. McVicker was also an outspoken critic of the practice of polygamy in Utah. For her work, Utah Governor Heber Manning Wells considered appointing her to the regents of the new Utah State University.
