Emma E. Bower: A Woman With Her Own Ideas

Bishop, Sarah H.

In 1883 Sarah H. Bishop was the first woman elected to the School Board in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was the president of the Ann Arbor branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Bishop was also an officer of the board for the city's…

Bowers, Emma E.

Emma E. Bowers was elected to the school committee in Ann Arbor, Michigan on August 27th, 1894. A total of 988 votes were cast, of which she received 524 votes, securing one of the three positions. She was the only woman to win in this ele…

Anna Botsford Bach's Campaign for School Board, 1896

Sarah H. Bishop's Campaign for School Board, 1883

Bach, Anna Botsford

In 1896 Anna Botsford Bach was elected to the Ann Arbor, Michigan School Board. A year later she was the Board president. Bach was active with the local Young Women Christian Association (YWCA), and the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Emma E. Bowers' Campaign for School Committee Member, 1894