Whipple, Ella M.

Ella M. Whipple (or M. Ella Whipple), of Clark County, Washington was elected County Superintendent of Schools in 1884. She was elected by a large majority. Whipple was active in many reform movements, temperance and prohibition, suffrage, and education. She was a Republican party activist, serving as a delegate to the Clark County convention in 1884 and 1886. The same year she was a delegate to the Republican Territorial convention. Whipple moved to Oregon and California, where she also served in educational offices. Ella M. Whipple was the Prohibition party candidate for Los Angeles County, California County Superintendent of Schools in 1890.