Records of the New England Women's Club, 1843-1970

Lucia M. Peabody's Campaign for School Committee, 1877

Eliza M. Pearson's Campaign for County Treasurer, 1916

01/21/1917 to 01/20/1919

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

Lucia M. Peabody's Campaign for School Committee, 1873

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 Commit…