Documents of the City of Boston for the Year 1902, Vol. 1

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

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 th…

Merrifield, Samantha H.

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

Emily P. Howard's Campaign for School Committee, 1901

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

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 oppos…