Women School Directors

Ellen L. Topliff's Campaign for School Board Visitor, 1898

Rose Schneiderman's Campaign for U.S. Senate, 1920

O'Harra, Margaret S.

Margaret S. O'Harra was elected to the School Committee of the Forty-Sixth Ward in Philadelphia in 1909.

Murphy, Ellen R.

Ellen R. Murphy was elected to the Twenty-Seventh Ward School Committee of Philadelphia in 1907. She was elected to a second term in 1909.

Todd, Anne Hampton

Anne Hampton Todd was elected to the School Committee of Philadelphia's Eighth Ward in 1909. Todd was a graduate of Bryn Mawr College.

Jurist, Louisa S.

Louisa S. Jurist was elected to the School Committee of the Forty-Seventh Ward in Philadelphia in 1909. She may have been the first Jewish women elected to any office in Philadelphia. Jurist was the manager of the House of Detention.

Allen, Jane

Jane Allen was elected to the Twenty-Sixth Ward School Committee in Philadelphia in 1909. Allen was a teacher at the Girls High School in the city.

Ellen R. Murphy's Campaign for School Committee, 1907

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Rockwood, Genevieve

Genevieve Rockwood was elected to the School Committee of Philadelphia's Ninth ward, in 1909.

Mrs. E. H. Rogers' Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1889