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 ...
Ells F. Boyd was elected to the School Board of Hyde Park, Massachusetts. She served on the Board for at least two terms, in 1898 and 1907. Boyd was a member of several local (Boston area) scientific organizations and wrote on geological...