From collection Candidates
Almy ran an unsuccessful campaign to be a School Commissioner in Chautauqua County in 1893. Almy was the candidate put forth by the Chautauqua Political Equality Club, of which she was the chair. She did not run on a particular party ticket, making political equality, rather than a particular political party, a central part of her campaign. Her opponent was a male Republican incumbent. New York had just passed a law the previous year allowing women to vote for School Commissioners. Shortly before the election, three judges declared the law unconstitutional, but 1,875 women nevertheless voted in the election. Almy also served as a deputy factory inspector. She was a suffrage advocate in New York State.
