[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.

[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.

[7] Kibbe was a noted California suffragist who frequently lectured on the topic of women's suffrage.

[9] Kibbe attended a number of gatherings where she heard Susan B. Anthony speak including one in San Francisco in 1905.

[11] In August 1911 she gave a talk in Oakland about the suffrage amendment on the California ballot that year.