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 ...
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...
Etta Comstock Boltwood (also known as Etta C. Boltwood), was the Democrat candidate for University of Michigan Board of Regents in 1919 Boltwood later became an active member of the Michigan Democratic Party. She was a member of the Demo...
Cora A. Maybee ran for a seat on the Detroit, Michigan School Board as a Republican in 1916. Maybee ran again for a six year term on the board in 1919, and sought nomination for the office of School Inspector early the same year. She was...