Fights For Council [Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1891]

Gillespie, Elizabeth Duane

In 1891 Elizabeth Duane Gillespie was a candidate for School Director of the eighth ward school committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She did not win. Gillespie was one of the women who organized a Philadelphia hospital for wounded sold…

Elizabeth Duane Gillespie's Campaign for School Director, 1891

Williams, Sophia Wells Royce

Sophia Wells Royce Williams was one of the women candidates for the  eighth ward Ward School Committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1891.  She did not win the race.  Williams ran again in 1895 from the seventh ward, and …

Sophia Wells Royce Williams Campaign for School Director, 1891