Lavinia Roberts (birth-death dates?):
Lavinia Roberts ran an active candidacy in 1894 for Illinois state superintendent of public instruction. Earlier she had worked her way through the State Normal School, teaching alternate semesters to earn money for tuition. In 1892 she was an (unsuccessful) independent candidate for superintendent of schools for Pike County.
 
Party Affiliation:
Populist
 
Photograph:
 
Resources:
“On the Eve of Election,”Woman’s Journal (November 10, 1894), pp. 353-54.
 
Additional Notes:
Roberts held the position of state lecturer of the Farmer’s Alliance and was also editor of the People’s Advocate published at Pittsfield, Illinois.

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