Lucretia Peabody Hale's Campaign for Schoool Committee, 1874

Hale, Lucretia Peabody

Lucretia Peabody Hale was elected to the Boston School Committee in 1874. Hale was among the first women to serve in this office. In 1873 the Massachusetts legislature had given women the right to serve on school committees. Hale was ele...