From collection Candidates
Elizabeth D. Bacon of Hartford, Connecticut was elected to the Hartford School Committee, about in 1895. She was the first woman elected to a Connecticut public office. Bacon was the unanimous choice of women electors in Hartford. Bacon was on the Board of School Visitors from 1910 to 1911; and 1913-1914. She served on the Hartford School Committee again from 1916-1917, and was secretary as well.
