Education
University of Texas at Austin.
University of Texas at Austin.
Blanton was elected Superintendent of Texas Public Instruction in 1918, making her the first woman in Texas elected to statewide office. The 1918 July Texas primary and November general election marked the first time Texas women could exercise their right to vote. The superintendent office was the forerunner to the Texas Education Agency.
Blanton was professor of English at the University of North Texas from 1901 to 1918.
She later served on the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin for 22 years.