Women Who Won At the Election [Philadelphia Inquirer, February 22, 1906]

Dr. Clara Marshall's Campaign for School Director, 1906

Susan W. Janney's Campaign for School Director, 1906

Keen, Dora

In 1897 Dora Keen, a Republican, was elected as a School Director of the ninth ward School committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was nominated by the Republicans and the Municipal League in 1900. Keen won a seat again in 1906. In 19…

Clara F. Woodruff's Campaign for School Director, 1906

Frances Anne Keay's Campaign for School Director, 1906

Markoe, Matilda K.

In 1906 Matilda K. Markoe was elected as a School Director for the eighth ward School Committee in Philadelphia. Markoe was involved in several reform and charitable organizations in the city. She was on the board of visitors for public ch…

Dora Keen's Campaign for School Director, 1906

Woodruff, Clara F.

In 1904 Clara F. Woodruff was a Republican candidate for School Director of the fifteenth ward School Committee in Philadelphia. It is unclear if she won this race, but Woodruff won her race two years later. She was president of the ward s…

Keay, Frances Anne

In 1906 Frances Anne Keay was elected as School Director of the fifth ward School Committee in Philadelphia. Keay was a practicing lawyer who had graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. She was the first attorney for the Legal Aid S…

Matilda K. Markoe's Campaign for School Director, 1906