Emergence of the Free, Common Schools in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1834-1874

Harlan, Hannah M.

Hannah M. Harlan was elected as School Director of Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1872.

Griffith, Phebe

Phebe Griffith was elected a School Director in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1873.

Reese, Asenath

Asenath Reese was elected as a School Director in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1873,

Walton, Lydia B.

Lydia B. Walton was elected as a School Director in Kennett Borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1874.  She was one of the first women to serve in the office in the state.  Her brother, James P. Wickersham, served as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction from the 1860s into the 1880s.  Wickersham was instrumental in opening up school offices to women in the stat...

Way, Emiline

Emiline Way was elected as a School Director in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1872.

Webb, Phebe

Phebe Webb was elected as a School Director of East Marlborough, Chester County Pennsylvania in 1872,

Pyle, Mrs. T. C.

Mrs. T.C. Pyle was elected as a School Director for Kennett Borough, in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1873.

Worth, Annie P.

Annie P. Worth was elected as a School Director in East Marlborough, Pennsylvania in 1872.

Asenath Reese's Campaign for School Director, 1873

C. E. O'Donaghue's Campaign for County Superintendent of Common Schools, 1873