L. Meredith Stansbury (?-?)
L. Meredith Stansbury was nominated in 1894 for state assembly from Arapahoe County, Colorado. In that year she was the best known of the assembly candidates. The Woman’s Journal described her as the “Ellis Meredith” of the Denver News. (“On the Eve of the Election,” November 10, 1894). She was active in the woman suffrage movement and had testified before the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on the question of women’s rights.
Party Affiliation:
People's and Democrat
Photograph:
Drawing found in: "The Woman and the Vote: Colorado's Queer Campaign Where the Polls are Open to Both Sexes," San Francisco Examiner, November 4, 1894, p. 17.
Resources:
Drawing found in: "The Woman and the Vote: Colorado's Queer Campaign Where the Polls are Open to Both Sexes," San Francisco Examiner, November 4, 1894, p. 17.
“On the Eve of Election,”Woman’s Journal (November 10, 1894), pp. 353-54.