Women Who Ran: Josephine Goss

Campaign Information

FIRST CAMPAIGN
Political Office: Board of Education
Election Year: 1896
Party Affiliation: Nonpartisan race
Elected: Yes

SECOND CAMPAIGN
Political Office: Board of Education
Election Year: 1898
Party Affiliation: Nonpartisan race
Elected: Yes

THIRD CAMPAIGN
Political Office: Board of Education
Election Year: 1900
Party Affiliation: Nonpartisan race
Elected: Yes

FOURTH CAMPAIGN
Political Office: Board of Education
Election Year: 1902
Party Affiliation: Nonpartisan race
Elected: Yes

FIFTH CAMPAIGN
Political Office: Board of Education
Election Year: 1904
Party Affiliation: Nonpartisan race
Elected: Yes

SIXTH CAMPAIGN
Political Office: Board of Education
Election Year: 1906
Party Affiliation: Nonpartisan race
Elected: Yes

Biographical Information

Full Name: Josephine Ahnefeldt Goss 
Life Dates: April 10, 1859–November 21, 1938
Birthplace: Ontario, Canada
Marital Status: Widowed in 1909
Occupation: Educator
Political Affiliation: Unknown
Social Reform Activism: Women’s Clubs, Women’s Suffrage, Education, Temperance, Civic Reform, Labor