An Hour At the Polls

Duff, Julia Harrington

Julia Harrington Duff was one of the first women of Irish heritage to be elected to the Boston, Massachusetts School Committee. She was first elected in 1901 and championed the cause of the growing immigrant population in the city by fig...

Julia Harrington Duff's Campaign for School Board Member, 1904

Konikow, Dr. Antoinette F.

Dr. Antoinette F. Konikow was a physician in Boston, Massachusetts and a Socialist party candidate for the Boston School Committee in 1901, 1902, 1904, and again in 1905. She was a socialist activist from the 1890s onward. Konikow was al...

Antoinette F. Konikow's Campaign for School Committee, 1905

Merrifield, Samantha H.

Samantha Merrifield was a  Democratic Socialist or Socialist candidate for the Boston School Committee in 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904,and 1905.

Samantha Merrifield's Campaign for School Committee, 1905

Cheney, Mary E.

Mary E. Cheney was a Republican candidate for Boston School Committee in 1904. She was also endorsed by the Boston Independent Women Voters organization, but did not win a seat on the Committee.

Cabot, Ella L.

Ella L. Cabot was a Republican candidate for the Boston School Committee in 1904. She was also endorsed by the Public School Association. In 1910 Cabot wrote a book for parents and teacher titled Ethics for Children. She continued to be ...

Brackett, Harriet

Harriet Brackett was a Socialist candidate for the Boston School Committee in 1904. The year before Brackett was a delegate to the county and state Socialist conventions.