Davis, Emma C.

Emma C. Davis was elected as Supervisor of Primary Education in Cleveland, Ohio, about 1906.

Chalfant, Margaret

Margaret Chalfant was elected to the School Board of Bellefontaine, Ohio in 1895. Chalfant won by a majority of 827 votes, the largest margin in the history of the city. She was the Republican nominee for the seat. Chalfant was a dedicat...

Hyre, Sarah

Sarah Hyre served on the School Board of Cleveland, Ohio, about 1906.

Baker, Mrs. R. A.

Mrs. R. A. Baker was an acting member of the Youngstown, Ohio Board of Education in 1919. She had served as a board member for several years.

Brown, Ruby

Ruby Brown campaigned for the school board, of Roseville, Ohio, in 1909 as a candidate of the Prohibition party.

Gray, Edna

Edna Gray was nominated to the Prohibition ticket for County Prosecuting Attorney in Hillsboro, Ohio in 1893. The suffragette publication The Woman's Column, edited by Alice Stone Blackwell, reported that she was the first woman to recei...

Allen, Florence

Florence Allen was a lawyer and suffrage activist who was elected on a non-partisan ticket to a five-year term as Judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas in November of 1920. Two years later Allen was elected to a seat on the ...

Lacey, Kate M.

Kate M. Lacey was elected to the Columbus, Ohio Board of Education in 1917. As with other women who campaigned for the city Board of Education in the second decade of the twentieth century, Lacey was assisted by the Columbus Equal Suffra...

Campbell, Mary Edith

Mary Edith Campbell was the first woman elected to the Cincinnati, Ohio board of education, 1911-? Campbell was also the first president of Woman's City Club of Greater Cincinnati. She was a charter member of the Juvenile Protective Asso...

Bachman, Dora Sandoe

In 1913 Dora Sandoe Bachman became the first woman elected to the school board in Columbus, Ohio. Bachman eventually became president of the school board.