Quinton, Amelia S.

In 1897 Amelia S. Quinton was a Prohibition party candidate for School Director on the ninth ward school committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received only sixteen votes. Quinton was the president of the Women's National Indian A...

Louise W. Kline's Campaign for School Director, 1897

Ethel Cushing's Campaign for School Director, 1897

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...

Amanda Rambo Abell'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...

Keen, Dora

In 1897 Dora Keen, a Republican, was elected as a School Director of the ninth ward School committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Keen graduated from Bryn Mawr College and then worked for several reform agencies in the city. She later ...

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...

Emma Blakiston's Campaign For School Director, 1897

Amelia S. Quinton's Campaign for School Director, 1897