Memoirs of Lucretia Crocker and Abby W. May

Abigail Williams May's Campaign for School Committee Member, 1875

Abigail Williams May's Campaign for School Committee Member, 1874

Lucretia Crocker's Campaign for School Board Member, 1875

May, Abigail Williams

In 1868 Abigail May, better known as Abby W. May, helped to found the New England's Women's Club. One of the reforms pursued by the club was a campaign to win representation for women on the Boston School Committee. In 1873, Abby May and L…

Lucretia Peabody Hale's Campaign for Schoool Committee, 1874

Lucretia Crocker's Campaign for City Superintendent of Schools, 1876

Crocker, Lucretia

Lucretia Crocker was elected to the Boston (Massachusetts) School Committee in 1873. Crocker, and two other women elected that year, did not serve as their right to the position was questioned. The Massachusetts legislature specifically ma…

Hale, Lucretia Peabody

Lucretia Peabody Hale was elected to the Boston School Committee in 1874. Hale was among the first women to serve in this office. In 1873 the Massachusetts legislature had given women the right to serve on school committees. Hale was elect…