Mary Day Blake campaigned as a candidate of the Republican party for Trustee University of Illinois, in 1918. There were fifteen candidates, representing many parties, but only the three Republican candidates won positions.
Louise de Koven Bowen ran as an Independent candidate for Alderman of the Twenty-First Ward in Chicago in 1914. Bowen was one of several women candidates in the races for municipal offices that year. This was the first year women could r...
Minnie Arnold was elected to the school board from Chenoa, Illinois in 1892. 120 women voted in the election to the school board in Chenoa in 1892, electing Miss Arnold. This was the second time women were allowed to vote, having elected...