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Mamie Bunch was the Superintendent of Education for Douglass County, Illinois and served from 1894-98. Bunch was a teacher and writer on home economics, and rural extension issues for women. She was the first household science extension worker in Illinois. It was reported in the American School Journal that on election day, Bunch appeared at the polls and pinned flowers on the voters. The writer of the notice in the ASJ believed that this campaign tactic helped Bunch win the race.
