Denton Journal in Denton, Maryland

Twenty women vote in Wilmington school commissioner race

A Delaware city election saw only twenty women cast ballots for school commissioners from a pool of about two thousand eligible voters. The piece notes the surprising turnout and cites a Philadelphia paper’s skeptical take on women’s suffrage in Wilmington. It also includes chatter about General Fisk’s party alignment and a Cambridge Era correction denouncing reports he left the Prohibition party.