Vermont

Matthews, Hettie

Hettie Matthews of Granby, Essex County, Vermont was elected Town Superintendent of Schools in 1884.

Smith, Electa S.

Electa S. Smith was elected City Clerk of Vergennes, Vermont in 1881. She was one of the first women in the state to be elected to office.

Phelps, Mrs. J. E.

Mrs. J. E. Phelps was elected Town Superintendent of Schools in Windham County, Vermont in 1881.

Beard, Edna Louisa

Edna Beard was elected to be a County Superintendent of Schools for Orange County, Vermont in 1906.  In 1913 she was the Town Treasurer for Orange, Orange County, and was elected to a second term in 1915. In 1920, she campaigned for e…

Helen M. Blake's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1904

Middlebrook, Mrs. J.H.

Mrs. J.H. Middlebrook was elected Cemetery Commissioner in Burlington, Vermont in 1918.

Montgomery, Mary

Mary Montgomery was elected County Superintendent of Grand Isle County, Vermont in 1904.

Marvin, Leonora

Leonora Marvin (aka Mrs. H.W. Marvin) was elected County Superintendent of Schools for Grand Isle, Vermont. She served in this office in 1898. Marvin wrote an often reproduced poem, about an old New England husband and wife who had to mort…

Leonora Marvin's Campaign for County Superintendent of Public Schools, 1898

Susan M. Benedict's Campaign for Town Superintendent of Schools, 1884