From collection Candidates
In 1917 Jane Mayer Sugar campaigned as the Socialist Party candidate for a four-year term on the Detroit, Michigan Board of Education, as a Socialist candidate. The following year she ran for Michigan State Auditor General, also as a Socialist. Sugar was a Socialist party activist and her family of origin were highly active in Socialist and unionist causes. Sugar's mother, Mary Bechtolds Mayer was a firm believer in suffrage and education for her daughters and influenced them all towards education and activism.
