Olive R. Barker was elected superintendent of schools in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota in 1876, and again in 1885. Barker was continued serving in the office through at least 1891.
Mrs. S. B. Bangs of Duluth, Minnesota was nominated for the position of County Superintendent of St. Louis County, in 1894. Bangs was endorsed by the Woman Suffrage Society of Duluth.