Mrs. Leonard to Run for Mayor

Cynthia Leonard's Campaign for Mayor, 1888

Daisy Beatty's Campaign for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1912

Leonard, Cynthia

Cynthia Leonard, mother of the famed entertainer Lillian Russell, after separating from her husband, brought two of her daughters to New York City where she established herself as a reform activist. She took particular interest in workin...

Daisy Busbey's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1912

Daisy Beatty's Campaign for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1912