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 ...
Josephine Fellows Gomon ran for a seat on the Detroit Board of Education in 1917. Gomon, was one of the Republican nominees running for a six-year term. She believed strong supervision of the board and community use of school buildings b...
Merrie Hoover Abbott was elected as prosecuting attorney of Ogemaw County, Michigan in 1898. Abbott was a lawyer in practice with her husband. After her election Attorney-General Horace M. Oren brought proceedings to test Abbott's right ...