Women Wage Energetic Political Campaign

Marshall, Clara

Clara Marshall was a Municipal League candidate for the eighth ward School Committee in Philadelphia in 1896. She ran again for the same office in 1902 and was elected in 1906. Marshall ran again in 1909. Marshall was a leading physician a…

Hauck, Katharine Dey

In 1900 Katharine Dey Hauck was a fusion candidate for School Director for the 24th ward School Committee in Philadelphia. She campaigned again two years later. Hauck was an organizer for the Pennsylvania state Woman's Christian Temperance…

Lewis, Emily S.

Emily S. Lewis was a Democratic party candidate for the School Committee of the Thirty-fourth ward in Philadelphia in 1902. She was elected to the position in 1906. The same year Lewis received a patent for developing a holder for nursing …

Katharine Dey Hauck's Campaign for School Director, 1902

Chandler, Kate H.

In 1902 Kate H. Chandler was a Democratic party candidate for School Director of the 27th ward of the Philadelphia. Chandler was a teacher of music and became the principal of the Philadelphis School of Vocal and Instrumental Music.