Zara A. Wilson (1840-?):
At the age of fifty-one Zara A. Wilson was admitted to the bar in Nebraska. A year later, in 1892, she ran for the office of county attorney. In 1894 Wilson was nominated by her party to run for the office of judge in Lancaster County, Nebraska. She was active in woman suffrage and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. At the time of her candidacy she was the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union’s State Franchise Superintendent.
Party Affiliation:
Prohibition
Photographs:
“Mrs. Zara A. Wilson,” Frances E. Willard and Mary A. Livermore, A Woman of the Century (Buffalo: C. W. Moulton, 1893), p. 789.
Resources:
“On the Eve of Election,”Woman’s Journal (November 10, 1894), pp. 353-54.
“Mrs. Zara A. Wilson,” Frances E. Willard and Mary A. Livermore, A Woman of the Century (Buffalo: C. W. Moulton, 1893), p. 789.
Additional Notes:
Wilson ’s short book A Concise Compilation of Nebraska Laws of Special Interest to Women contained endorsements from the governor and temperance leader Frances Willard. Several women attorneys in the late 19 th century wrote legal self-help books intended for women readers.