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, Pennsylvania family, moved to Florida after the death of her…

Elisabeth Hocker's Campaign For School Board, 1916

Alice Snow's Campaign for School Board Member, 1916

Kossovsky, Adele

Adele (or Adelaide) Kossovsky was a Socialist party candidate for office in Tampa, Florida in 1910.

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 vo…

Hocker, Elisabeth

Elisabeth Hocker (also known as Mrs. William Hocker) was elected to the School Board of Ocala, Florida in 1916. Hocker had bee the president of the Florida Federation of Women's Clubs i 1912.

Marion Newhall Horwitz's Campaign for Mayor, 1917

Adele Kossovsky's Campaign For Office, 1910