From teaching school at Silver City, Idaho in the 1890s Permeal Jane French rose to become one of the most important female educators of the Progressive era. She was elected state superintendent of public instruction in 1898, serving 189...
Emma Drake ran for a seat in the Idaho state house in 1918. She served for one term, and was from New Plymouth, Payette county. In February of 1920 Drake was the only woman legislator in attendance in the Idaho state House. She rose to i...
Rebecca Mitchell was one of the Prohibition Party candidates for Presidential Elector from Idaho in 1900. Mitchell was the president of the Idaho WCTU and a suffrage worker. She later served as the chaplain for the Idaho House of Represe...
Martha Keenan was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction in Custer County, Idaho in 1898. She served in this office through at least 1904.