Dickey, Dr. Rachel A.

In 1896 Rachel A. Dickey was a Prohibition party candidate for School Director of the eighteenth ward school committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While Dickey received more votes than the other Prohibition candidates in the race, she...

Cushing, Ethel

In 1897 Ethel Cushing was an Independent candidate for School Director of the fifth ward school committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She did not win the race. Cushing had been named by the Civic Club as a potential candidate for the ...

Emma Blakiston's Campaign For School Director, 1897

Amanda Rambo Abell's Campaign for School Director, 1897

Ethel Cushing's Campaign for School Director, 1897

Abell, Amanda Rambo

In 1895 Amanda Rambo Abell was a Prohibition party candidate for School Director of the eighteenth ward school committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Abell ran for the same office two years later, also on Prohibtion party ticket, but r...

Dora Keen's Campaign for School Director, 1897

Cornog, Mary M.

In 1896 Mary M. Cornog was an Independent candidate for School Director of the fifteenth ward school committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She did not win the race.

Blakiston, Emma

In 1896 Emma Blakiston was an Independent candidate for School Director of the eighth ward school committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Blakiston was a member of the New Century Club in the city by 1904, and later involved in parks an...

Morris, Matilda H.

In 1896 Matilda H. Morris was  candidate of the Municipal League for School Director of the tenth ward school committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She ran again the following year as an Independent Republican party candidate but...