Thompson, Kate S.

Kate S. Thompson was elected to the Board of Education for Jamestown, New York in 1889. She received twice as many votes as her male rivals. Thompson was the secretary of the Jamestown Political Equality Club, founded in 1887.  The ...

Kate S. Thompson's Campaign for School Board Member, 1889

Griswold, Martha

Martha Griswold was elected to the Board of Education of Jamestown, New York in 1889. She received more than double the number of votes of her male rival. Griswold was a founding member of the town's Political Equality Club in 1887. The ...