Angennette Peavey (birth-death dates?):
In 1894, a year after women gained voting rights in Colorado, Peavey was elected as state superintendent of public instruction, the first woman to win statewide office. Esteele Reel ( Wyoming) and Emma F. Bates ( North Dakota) won election to the same position in 1894, two years after Laura J. Eisenhuth was elected to this office in North Dakota.
Party Affiliation:
Republican
Photographs:
Resources:
Mrs. A. J. Peavey. Tenth Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Colorado(Denver: State of Colorado, 1896).
“On the Eve of Election,”Woman’s Journal (November 10, 1894), pp. 353-54.
Beloit College Archives: J. Lyford Peavey, d. Nov. 30, 1861 letter from his widow to Prof. Emerson, Aug. 23, 1864; extract of a letter from him, April 21, 1861 to his wife, copied by Prof. Emerson; letter from Prof. Emerson to Mr. Ingersoll, ca. January, 1896 referencing the letter from Peavey to his wife, and an article (also in file) regarding Peaveys sister-in-laws election as Colorado Superintendent of Public Instruction. See: http://www.beloit.edu/archives/documents/archival_collections/civil_war/inventory_box2.php
Additional notes:
Peavey, widowed in the Civil War, supported herself and her child as a teacher, bookstore operator, and writer for two newspapers. She was a leader in the Women’s Republican League of Denver and vice-president of the State Central Committee. She was also a charter member of the Colorado Woman’s Relief Corp. Her brother, Major William H. Upham, ran successfully in 1894 as the Republican candidate for governor in Wisconsin, serving one term.