New York Women in Politics

Martha Van Rensselaer's Campaign for School Commissioner, 1896

Ida R. Veasey's Campaign for School Board Visitor, 1893

Martha Van Rensselaer's Campaign for School Commissioner, 1893

Van Rensselaer, Martha

Van Rensselaer ran for School Commissioner in Randolph County, New York in 1893. She was elected to the position from 1896-1899. In 1900, she began teaching Home Economics at Cornell University. She became a full-time professor there in 19…