From collection Candidates
Sarah J. Clough from Everett, Massachusetts was elected to the local school board in 1889. She garnered more than four times the votes of her opponents. Two other female candidates ran: Sarah Pitman Moreland and Delia Stedman, each of whom also attracted a number of votes. The Everett Woman Suffrage League supported electing a woman to the school committee. In 1892, when Everett became a city, Clough was elected to the city of Everett school committee for another term.
