Ames, Fanny Baker

Fanny Baker Ames served as president of the Boston Equal Suffrage Association, as well as on the Boston School Committee (1896-1899) and the original Board of Trustees of Simmons College in 1899, and was the first woman to be appointed f...

Boice, May G.

May G. Boice was elected to the School Board of Ashfield, Massachusetts in 1907 and served for four years.

Bradbury, Sarah W.

Sarah W. Bradbury was elected to the School Board of Melrose, Massachusetts, and served from 1880 to 1891.

Boardman, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Boardman was elected to the School Committee of Saugus, Massachusetts, in 1874. Boardman had been a teacher before her election.

Beebe, Evanore Olds

Evanore Olds Beebe was elected to the School Committee Wilbraham, Massachusetts in 1906 to 1914. She was the first woman in Wilbraham to serve as chairman of the School Committee.

Bagg, Mrs. Winthrop

Mrs. Winthrop Bagg was a candidate for the school board of West Springfield, Massachusetts in 1911. Bagg was an experienced teacher.

Blake, Mary Safford

Mary Safford Blake was elected to the Boston School Committee in 1874. She was one of six women elected that year. Dr. Safford-Blake was one of the first, if not the first female gynecologists in the United States.

Adams, Martha A.

Martha A. Adams was elected to the School Board of Melrose, Massachusetts in 1882 and served through 1885.

Boland, Esther F.

Esther F. Boland was nominated to campaign for the school board in Boston, Massachusetts in 1893. The wife of a physician, she was actively involved in the community of medical professionals in New England and was a staunch supporter of ...

Beers, Leonora P.

Leonora P. Beers was elected to the School Board in Attleborough, Massachusetts. She served on the Board from 1903 to 1906.