Women For the School Boards [Philadelphia Times, February 9, 1883]

Paist, Harriet W.

In 1874 arriet W. Paist was a Republican nominee School Director of the thirteenth ward school committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After some opposition Paist was elected and served on the School Committee. Paist gave at least one pub…

Bladen, Elizabeth L.

Elizabeth L. Bladen was a Democratic candidate for School Director for Philadelphia's fourth ward in 1883. She was a well-known writer and published articles in a local newspaper. Bladen was active in the national suffrage movement. She al…

H. Kate Murdock's Campaign for School Board, 1888

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Harriet W. Paist's Campaign for School Director, 1883

Berger, Caroline A.

In 1883 Caroline A. Berger was nominated by both the Democrats and Independents for a School Director on the school Committee of the Twenty-Fourth ward of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Twenty years later she was elected to the School Committ…

Ridgway, Dr. Ella M.

Dr. Ella M. Ridgway was Republican party candidate for School Director of the twenty-fifth ward in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1883. Ridgway graduated from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1874. She went into medical practi…

Clarissa F. Dye's Campaign for School Director, 1883

Dr. Ella M. Ridgway's Campaign for School Director, 1883

H. Kate Murdock's Campaign for School Board, 1883

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Dye, Clarissa F.

In 1883 Clarissa F. Dye was nominated by the Independent Republicans for School Director of the first ward school committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dye is known for the memoir she published abut her work as a volunteer nurse for the…