Women's Work in Education

Peabody, Lucia M.

Lucia M. Peabody was one of several women who, in 1873, having been elected to the Boston School Committee, found themselves barred from taking office. The women's eligibility to serve was challenged on the grounds of their sex. The Comm...

Lucia M. Peabody's Campaign for School Committee, 1883

Lucretia Crocker's Campaign for School Board Member, 1873

Lucy A. Darling's Campaign for County Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1877