In 1873 was elected as a member of the school committee of Boston, but did not serve. Badger was elected with three other women, but their right to act in that capacity was questioned. In the following year the Massachusetts legislature ...
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.