Carol Ernst, 1975

Carol Ernst was an unsuccessful candidate for the Mayor of Ann Arbor in the 1975 election on the Human Rights Party ticket.

Carol died in an early morning single-car crash on Pleasant Lake Road, c. 1980. Her funeral (a wicca service) was held at the Unitarian Church in Ann Arbor [now the Vitosha Guest Haus].

More information

• Coming out of feminism? Mandy Merck, Naomi Segal, Elizabeth Wright, 1998 ISBN 155786702X
• Gay Woman Loses Mayoral Race. Advocate; 6/4/75, Issue 165, p5, 1/15p
• Carol Ernst Focuses Campaign on Rent Control, Day Care, Ann Arbor Sun interview, March 14, 1975
• Michigan Daily, April 9, 1978.
• Bill Dobbs interview, ACT Up Oral History Project, p. 9
• Bus Strike Still On, Ludington Daily News, July 13, 1977. Quotes Carol Ernst, a Transportation Employees Union bargainer.