Women Elected On School Boards

Boyd, Ella F.

Ells F. Boyd was elected to the School Board of Hyde Park, Massachusetts. She served on the Board for at least two terms, in 1898 and 1907. Boyd was a member of several local (Boston area) scientific organizations and wrote on geological...

Day, Sarah A.

Sarah A. Day was elected to the School Board of Melrose, Massachusetts. Day served on the board through several terms between 1898 and 1920.

Collins, Mrs. J Cope

Mrs. J. Cope Collins was elected to the School Board of Manoa, Pennsylvania. She served in 1898.

Dodge, Anna E.

Anna E. Dodge was elected to the School Board of Arlington, Massachusetts. Dodge served on the board from 1898 to 1904. She was the second woman elected to the Arlington School Board.

Lawrence, Addie

Addie Lawrence was the first woman elected to the School Board in Fairfield, Maine. Lawrence served in 1898. She was influential in establishing the town's first public library.

Laws, Mrs. M. E.

Mrs. M.E. Laws was elected to the School Board of New Bedford, Massachusetts. She served on the Board in 1898.

Pemberton, Caroline H.

Caroline H. Pemberton was elected to the School Board of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and served from 1897-1899. Pemberton was a wealthy Socialist, whose activism was in support of African-Americans, was mainly through her pen. She also se...

Ella F. Boyd's Campaign for School Board Member, 1898

Ellen Carbis' Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1897

Addie Lawrence's Campaign for School Board Member, 1898