Florida

Horwitz, Marion Newhall

Marion N. Horwitz was elected mayor of Moore Haven, Florida in 1917. She was the first female mayor south of the Mason-Dixon line. Horwitz who came from a prominent Philadelphia, PA family, moved to Florida after the death of her husband...

Snow, Alice

Alice Snow was a candidate for the school board in Tampa, Florida in 1916. Snow lost the race by 15 votes. In 1915 the Florida legislature had voted to allow municipalities to set certain voting regulations. Tampa did not allow women to ...

Alice Snow's Campaign for School Board Member, 1916

Marion Newhall Horwitz's Campaign for Mayor, 1917