From collection Candidates
Mrs. B.C. Burt was a candidate in the elections to the school committee in Ann Arbor, Michigan on August 27th, 1894. A total of 988 votes were cast, of which she received 82 votes, losing the election. Of the two other female candidates in the elections, Emma E. Bowers became the only female candidate to win, with 524 votes while Mrs. A.B. Stevens secured 395 votes and lost.
