In 1892, a schoolteacher ran for office in North Dakota when women couldn't vote in most elections. She became the first woman in America elected to a statewide office position

In 1892, Laura J. Eisenhuth, a schoolteacher and educator from North Dakota, became the first woman in the United States elected to a statewide office. At a time when women across most of the country had limited voting rights, North Dakota allowed women to vo…