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In April 1876 Mrs. Charlotte S. Winchell was elected on the Republican Party ticket to the office of East Minneapolis city school director. This was a two-year term. Women in Minnesota won the right to run for this office in 1875. After Winchell's nomination, the women of the city campaigned for her and Mrs. Charlotte Van Cleve, another party nominee, and helped each win election. Winchell graduated from Albion College in Michigan. She worked to educate children about temperance and was active in the Association for the Advancement of Women, suffrage organizations, and the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions.
