Ohio

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...

Ginn, Mrs. Maggie

Mrs. Maggie Ginn was elected to the Board of Education in Bellfontaine, Ohio in 1919. Ginn was the daughter of Eliza Richardson and Dr. Watson. Her father was a noted physician in the County. The family lived in Wyandot County until they...

Brown, Ruby

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

Allen, Frances C.

Frances C. Allen was elected to the School Board in Akron, Ohio in 1895. A former teacher, she was one of two women elected that year to the school board. Supported by the women of her ward, Allen was elected in the first election after ...

Green, Virginia Darlington

Virginia Darlington Green was elected as a Member of School Board of the Cleveland, Ohio in 1912. She served in that office for 13 years. In 1922 Green ran as an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate from Ohio. She did not win that r...

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 ...

Crawford, Ermine C.

Ermine C. Crawford was elected to the Dayton, Ohio Board of Education in 1919. She led her nearest opponent by over 2000 votes. With her election, Crawford became one of the two women on the Dayton Board of Education.

Griswold, Hope

Hope Griswold was elected to the East Cleveland Board of Education in 1919.

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...