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Allen, Jane
Jane Allen was elected to the Twenty-Sixth Ward School Committee in Philadelphia in 1909. Allen was a teacher at the Girls High School in the city.![Bradford, Esther N. K.](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/320,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
Bradford, Esther N. K.
Esther N. K. Bradford was elected to the School Committee of the Nineteenth Ward of Philadelphia in 1909. Bradford was active in several reform activities including the National Consumer League and a visiting nurses association.![Hamilton, Anna D.](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/320,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
Hamilton, Anna D.
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Grice, Mary Van Meter
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Murphy, Ellen R.
Ellen R. Murphy was elected to the Twenty-Seventh Ward School Committee of Philadelphia in 1907. She was elected to a second term in 1909.![Jurist, Louisa S.](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/320,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
Jurist, Louisa S.
Louisa S. Jurist was elected to the School Committee of the Forty-Seventh Ward in Philadelphia in 1909. She may have been the first Jewish women elected to any office in Philadelphia. Jurist was the manager of the House of Detention.![O'Harra, Margaret S.](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/320,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
O'Harra, Margaret S.
Margaret S. O'Harra was elected to the School Committee of the Forty-Sixth Ward in Philadelphia in 1909.![Rockwood, Genevieve](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/320,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
Rockwood, Genevieve
Genevieve Rockwood was elected to the School Committee of Philadelphia's Ninth ward, in 1909.![Todd, Anne Hampton](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/320,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
Todd, Anne Hampton
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