From collection Candidates
Prior to 1885 Dr. Adaline Willams was elected to the St. Charles, Winona County (Minnesota) school board. After the results were announced, some men requested her to resign on the grounds that she had not been properly elected. Williams replied, "If I have not been elected, I have no need to resign; and if I have been elected, I do not choose to resign." To satisfy doubters, however, she proposed another election which resulted in an overwhelming majority for her. (History of Woman Suffrage, III, 654) The women of her area were very active and electioneered at the polls for women and male temperance candidates.
