Minora Kibbe

Minora Ellis Kibbe
Known for	Social Reform, Suffragist, Candidate for California Assembly

Minora Ellis Kibbe (née Minora Ellis) was a social reformer and suffragist from California.[1] She ran for a seat on the San Francisco area school board in 1908,[1][2] and for California's 36th State Assembly district in 1918.[3][4]

Education

Kibbe studied medicine for many years, eventually completing a doctor of medicine degree at Johns Hopkins University.[5]

Candidacy for office

Kibbe ran for a seat in the California Assembly in 1918.[6] This part of an organized effort by women's rights activists in California to have a woman run for a seat in the Assembly from every district throughout the state.[6]

Medical career

Kibbe was a practising physician.[7]

Political activism

Kibbe was a noted California suffragist who frequently lectured on the topic of women's suffrage. In 1904 Kibbe served as the president of the Forty-First District Political Equality Club.[8] She also served on the executive board of the California Equal Suffrage Association.[9] Kibbe attended a number of gatherings where she heard Susan B. Anthony speak including one in San Francisco in 1905.[10] At that gathering she organized with numerous other suffragists including Mary Sperry.[11] In August 1911 she gave a talk in Oakland about the suffrage amendment on the California ballot that year.[12] California suffragist Selina Solomons praised her activism in her book "How We Won the Vote in California."[13]

Personal life

Kibbe was born in Unionville, Nevada. She was married to George Kibbe, and had a son named George Ellis Kibbe. She lived in Oakland.[5]

See also

• List of California suffragists
• National American Women's Suffrage Association
• Women's suffrage in California

References

1. "Dr. Minora E. Kibbe". Her Hat Was In The Ring. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
2. "The San Francisco Call dated November 20, 1908, page 1". www.gastearsivi.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
3. San Francisco Chronicle, 6/1/1918
4. "Dr. Kibbe running for assembly". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. 1 June 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-05-11 – via newspapers.com.
5. "Minora Kibbe - 50th ann". Oakland Tribune. 1938-06-12. p. 7. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
6. "Dr. Kibbe running for assembly". Oakland Tribune. 1918-06-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
7. "13 Feb 1920, Page 1 - Oakland Tribune at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
8. "San Francisco Call 3 October 1904 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
9. Western Woman. Western Woman Pub. 1907.
10. "San Francisco Call 22 July 1905 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
11. "San Francisco Call 22 July 1905 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
12. "Dr. Minora Kibbe Tells Of Experiences in Civic Affairs in Two Cities — San Francisco Call 26 August 1911 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
13. Solomons, Selina (24 October 2011). "How We Won The Vote in California". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-05-11.