Annie B. Hall was elected to the School Committee of the Twenty-ninth ward in Philadelphia in 1892. She served one term. Hall was a physician practicing in the city and worked within the social settlement movement.
Emily Hallowell was a candidate for School Committee in Philadelphia in 1909. Hallowell was well known in Philadelphia educational circles. She had served on the Public Educational Commission in the 1890s. Her private school for girls wa...
Lucretia M.B. Mitchell was elected to the School Committee of the Twenty-fourth ward in Philadelphia in 1883. Mitchell was the head of a school for girls in Philadelphia. In the early years of the twentieth century Mitchell served on the...
Harriet W. Paist was a Republican nominee School Director in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1874. After some opposition Paist was elected and served on the School Committee. Paist gave at least one public speech defending her right to run...
Emily Sartain was elected to the Twenty-ninth School Committee of Philadelphia in 1888. Sartain was elected for a second term, but resigned in 1891. Sartain was a well-known and well-regarded painter, artist, teacher, and writer. In 1886...
Letitia P. Woelpper was elected to the School Committee of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1874. Woelpper was one of the first two women elected to the position. The Republican party which first nominated the two women, then tried to get t...