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Wooster, known as Lizzie, was a lawyer. She wrote a number of textbooks. In 1918 she was elected Kansas Superintendent of Public Instruction, serving from 1919 until 1923. During her campaign Wooster pointed out that 12,000 of the state's 15,000 teachers were women and argued that a woman superintendent ought to be elected. She had previously run in the Republican primary in 1916 for the office of county superintendent, and lost.The public knew her, in part, because prior to her successful campaign she initiated and won a lawsuit against the railroads on the grounds that they charged overly high freight rates on textbooks. She was defeated for a third term as state superintendent, some argue, because of her strict moral positions against teachers who smoked, drank, danced, or wore makeup. In 1932 she entered the Republican primary as a candidate for attorney general. She did not win the nomination but remained active in party politics as well as educational and legal affairs until her death. Wooster served as vice president of the National Association of Women Lawyers.
