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In 1918, Ada Unruh ran on a Prohibition-National ticket for the Oregon House of Representatives. She did not win. Unruh had been involved in the Oregon Woman's Christian Temperance Union since 1891, serving as its president in 1913. In her capacity as WCTU president, she had lobbied for higher wages for working women. After attempting to live on the standard salary at the time, she argued that there was a clear connection between low wages and moral shortcomings given how difficult it was to survive on present wages in the state. Unruh was a suffrage leader in Oregon. She was also concerned with the issue of reading the Bible in public schools.
