Story of a woman's municipal campaign by the Civic club for school reform in the seventh ward of Philadelphia

Lucretia M.B. Mitchell's Campaign for School Board Member, 1883

00/00/1884 to 00/00/1885

Mary E. Sawyer's Campaign for City Treasurer, 1913

H. Kate Murdock's Campaign for School Board, 1883

00/00/1883 to 00/00/1885

Sartain, Emily

Emily Sartain was elected to the Twenty-ninth School Committee of Philadelphia in 1888. Sartain was elected for a second term, but resigned in 1891. Sartain was a well-known and well-regarded painter, artist, teacher, and writer. In 1886 s…

Woelpper, Letitia P.

Letitia P. Woelpper was elected to the School Committee of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1874. Woelpper was one of the first two women elected to the position. The Republican party which first nominated the two women, then tried to get the…

Hall, Annie B.

Annie B. Hall was elected to the School Committee of the Twenty-ninth ward in Philadelphia in 1892. She served one term, and campaigned again in 1900. Hall was elected in 1908 as well. Three years later she was a Republican and Keystone pa…

Hallowell, Emily

Emily Hallowell was a candidate for School Committee in Philadelphia in 1909. Hallowell was well known in Philadelphia educational circles. She had served on the Public Educational Commission in the 1890s. Her private school for girls was …

Harriet W. Paist's Campaign for School Committee, 1874

Emily Hallowell's Campaign for School Committee, 1909

Murdock, H. Kate

H. Kate Murdock was elected to the School Committee of the Twenty-fourth ward in 1883. She was also endorsed by the Tax Payer and Citizens Association. Murdock served for almost a decade was re-elected three times. Murdock was a teacher of…