Indiana

Eva M. Hollinger's Campaign for School Board, 1909

Julia Siegfried's Campaign for Circuit Court Judge, 1908

Stella Courtright Stimson's Campaign for School Board, 1909

Davis, Ida May

Ida May Davis was elected to the Board of Education for Terre Haute, Indiana in 1891. By 1893 Davis was chair of the Board. Some sources list Davis as having been appointed to the office, rather than elected.

Virginia Brooks' Campaign for School Board Member, 1912

Redman, Lydia Pearl

Lydia Pearl Redman was a candidate for the school board of Terre Haute, Indiana in 1909. She did not win a seat. By 1892 Redman also served as a notary public in the state.

Brooks, Virginia

Virginia Brooks was elected to the Board of Education of West Hammond, Indiana in 1912. Brooks was active in numerous social reform initiatives, including immigration, temperance, anti-corruption, anti-vice, and city infrastructure reforms…

Siegfried, Julia

Dr. Julia Siegfried was the Socialist Party candidate for Circuit Court Judge in Madison County, Indiana, in 1908. She was the first woman in the state to run for the office. Her candidacy was challenged by politicians from opposing partie…

Stanley, Elizabeth T.

Elizabeth T. Stanley was the Prohibition Party candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Indiana in 1918. Only one other woman candidate was nominated fior state office by the party before 1920. She did not wi…