Ida Florence Bunce

1865 - 1943  (77 years)

• Name	Ida Florence Bunce
  Birth	8 Oct 1865	Cold Spring Harbor, Suffolk, New York   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	3 Jun 1943
  Person ID	I41707	Scudder
  Last Modified	18 May 2013

  
  

  Marriage	27 Jan 1854	Queens, Queens, New York
  Family ID	F14742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edgar Arthur Sammis,   b. 27 Feb 1864, Huntington, Suffolk, New York d. 12 Feb 1917, Huntington, Suffolk, New York (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	8 Oct 1890
  Children	1. Edgar Alden Sammis,   b. Abt 1897   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F14741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  In 1911, Ida organized the first women's suffrage club in Suffolk county. After women gained the right to vote in New York in 1917, she ran for elected office, and along with Mary Lilly she was the first female to serve in the New York State Assembly. Ida continued to be active in community organizations following her one term as an assemblywoman. According to legend, Ida's first act as a legislator was to remove the brass spittoon assigned to her, polish it to a brilliant shine, and place it on her desk as a vase filled with flowers. she primarily concerned herself with legislation affecting her Assembly district. During her first year in the Assembly, ten of fourteen bills that she introduced were passed. Ida introduced a bill prohibiting the employment of women under 21 as elevator conductors; and forbidding adult women to be employed as elevator conductors more than 54 hours a week, or before 7 A. M., or after 10 P. M. The bill also ruled that seats must be provided for all women conductors in elevators.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1088] 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1254935; National Archives Film T9-0935; Page 214D.