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 ...
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...
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...