By 1891, she set her sights on government, on the belief that America’s best days were ahead of her, on the idea that the marginalized needed to be treated fairly by society and the legal system. She would begin, she thought, by lobbying the Idaho legislature to achieve action on her three primary goals: Raise the age of consent for girls from ten to eighteen. (Yes. Ten.) Secure women’s suffrage in Idaho. Reform Idaho’s prison and parole system.[12]
