Mary E. Blake's Campaign for School Board, 1900

Avery, Martha Gallison Moore

Martha Moore Avery was a Democratic Socialist candidate for the Boston School Committee in 1901.  She did not win that race. Avery worked on socialist causes from the 1890s to 1902. She soon converted to Catholicism and publicly opp...

Howard, Dr. Emily P.

Emily P. Howard was a candidate for the Boston School Committee in 1901. She was endorsed by the Republican party, the local Public School Association, and the Independent Women Voters. Howard was a physician and worked in hospitals for ...

Merrifield, Samantha H.

Samantha Merrifield was a  Democratic Socialist or Socialist candidate for the Boston School Committee in 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904,and 1905.

Margaret Sheehy's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1910