From collection Candidates
Sarah J. Clough from Everett, Massachusetts was elected to the school board in 1889. Clough garnered more than four times the votes of her opponent. There was two other female candidates in the election, Sarah Pitman Moreland and Delia Stedman, who lost despite garnering many votes. The Everett Woman Suffrage League supported electing a woman to the School Committee. When Everett became a city in 1892, Clough was elected to the City of Everett School Committee for another term.
