Kentucky

Anderson, Mary G.

Mary G. Anderson served as Superintendent of County Schools from 1898 to 1902 and from 1902 to 1906 in Montgomery County, Kentucky.

H.E. Brooks was the Prohibition Party candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Kentucky in 1903. When nominated at the party's state convention Brooks gave a detailed speech about the duties of the state superintendent...

Blakemore, Lucy M.

Lucy M. Blakemore served as Superintendent of County Schools in Oldham and Owen Counties, Kentucky. From 1898 to 1902, she served Oldham County exclusively. However, between 1902 and 1906, she took on the duties of Owen County in additio...

Edgar, Kate

Kate Edgar served as Superintendent of County Schools in Bourbon County, Kentucky from 1894 to 1898 and from 1898 to 1902. Edgar's opponent was William E. Williams, also a Democratic.

Campbell, Lee Maddox

Lee Maddox Campbell was the first woman to run for County Superintendent of Schools in Anderson County, Kentucky. She campaigned in 1913, the first year women were eligible for election to the office in Kentucky. The Clerk of Anderson re...

Graham, Lizzie Y.

Lizzie Y. Graham served as County Superintendent of Schools in Green County, Kentucky in 1904.

Currey, Mrs. Fred

In 1913, Mrs. Fred Currey teamed up with Mrs. Letcher Riker to campaign for two spots on the Board of Directors of the graded school in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Mrs. Fred Currey ran against H.C. Smith, while Riker faced George Bohn. While ...

Beauchamp, Frances Emiline

Mrs. Frances Emiline Beauchamp campaigned on the Prohibition ticket for Kentucky's Secretary of State in 1895. Beauchamp was a noted leader in Kentucky's Temperance Movement, the Assistant Recording Secretary of the National WCTU, Presid...

Million, Amanda T.

Amanda Million was elected to the position of county superintendent of public schools, in Madison County, Kentucky, in 1887. She was the first woman elected to a political office in Kentucky. The previous year Million had been appointed ...