School Directors [Philadelphia Inquirer, February 17, 1897]

Julia F. Jones' Campaign for School Director, 1897

Amanda Rambo Abell's Campaign for School Director, 1897

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Dora Keen'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...

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

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...