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List of Notable Women
Abolitionist
- Charity (Lawrence) Bell Stout: Conductor of the Underground Railroad in Wayne County, Ohio
Attorneys
- Schaffter, Marie S.: 1st woman member of the Wayne County Bar Association (1931); 1st woman sole practioner in Wooster and Wayne County (1931); first woman member of the Wosoter law firm, Weiser & Schaffter (1938); 1st woman candidate for Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney (1948); 1st woman Wayne County Law Library Association Trustee (1952)
- Scott, Agnes: 1st woman in Ohio permitted to practice law
Authors/Writers
- Claffin, Tenney C (Tennessee)
- Fuller, Francis: Wooster poet
- Fuller, Meta: Wooster poet
- Taylor, Eleanor: Wooster Daily Record columnist
- Woodhull, Victoria Claffin: 1st woman to start a weekly newspaper
Business Owners
- Durstine, Hazel: Operated Durstine’s Beauty Shop in Wooster (Public Square)
College of Wooster
- Arick, Ola May: Traveled with the Red Cross during WWI; authority on Ohio history; initiated services to the disabled in the Wayne County, Ohio area (became part of the welfare dept); served as director of the Wayne County, Ohio Welfare Dept
- Douglass, Narcissa: In charge of Woman’s Relief movement in Wayne County, OH 1860-1865; early member of Wooster Thursday’s club; chairperson of the Women’s movement during the Wayne County, Ohio Centennial Celebration in 1896
- Knight, Maude B.: President of the Women’s Association; member of College Circle and DAR; member of the English Tea Club
- Parmenter, Lovina: 1st single women in Northeast Ohio to become a foster parent to a homeless child (1968)
- Stitt, Harriett Woodworth: Vice President of the first Women’s Christian Temperance Union in Wooster, formed in 1874
Educators
- Ellenwood, Virginia: 1st woman Assistant Librarian of the Wayne County Law Library Association (1940)
- Kean, Lura B.: Principal of Wooster High School; Kean Elementary name in her honor
- Layton, Nellie: Principal of Wooster High School
- Seavers, Charlotte (Baughman): 1908 graduate of College of Wooster (at age 18); became principal of Doylestown High School around 1911 (age 21); 50 year volunteer with American Red Cross; wrote the Doylestown High School Alma Mater; authored and directed the production of Doylestown 125th Anniversary Celebration (1952)
Entertainment
- Peters, Kay Domhoff: Actress; appeared on “Little House on the Prairie” (Jan 1977), “Days of Our Lives”, many dinner theaters
- Roth, Laura Reed: Murdered by husband in 1887
Government
- Irish, Annie B.: Professor, College of Wooster; served as translator and librarian for the State Department of Interior from 1877-1881
- Parker, Ethel: Historian, County Officer (Treasurer)
- Williams, Ruth: Wayne County Recorder; “Lady of the Month” (May 1958)
- Woodhull, Victoria Claffin: 1st female candidate for President of U.S. (1872); activist for women's rights and labor reforms
Historians
- Buss, Edna: Local Historian
- Parker, Ethel: Historian, County Officer (Treasurer)
- Thompson, Lydia: Wooster, Ohio Historian, specializing in blacks of Wooster, Ohio
Military
- Buss, Mary Mildred: Lt. Col. Army Nurse
- Neufer, Judith Ann: 1st female military aviatrix (January 1973)
- Sterling, Doris: enlisted 1942 in Walter Reed Hospital; 4 months Eglin Field, FL; rank of 1st lieutenant [1]
- Tostlebe, Pearl: Graduate of the Army School of Nursing (1921)
Missionaries
- Phillips, Maude: Appointed to the Board of Foreign Missionaries; served as Evangelical Missionary from 1919-1959
Musicians
- Dodez, Paula: Musician (violinist); 1st woman concert master of a German chamber music orchestra in Mannheim, Germany; performed in the cathedral of St. Chapelle in Paris, France
News Media
- Camp, Christine: Member of the Presidential News Corp (1950s)
- Gaffee, Barbara Richardson: News reporter, producer and hostess
Nurses
- Buss, Mary Mildred: Lt. Col. Army Nurse
- Tostlebe, Pearl: Graduate of the Army School of Nursing (1921)
Physicians
- Angell, Anne Fouch: Surgeon
- Burgess, Elizabeth Catherine: 1st woman veterinary of Wooster
- Crandall, Susie Gertrude: Physician (24 Jan 1916)
- Fouch, Dr. Jeanne Ann: Physician
- Golden, Madge: Homeopathic physician
- Johnson, Kate McClure: Physician (16 Jul 1900)
- McKnight, Virginia Harley: Allopath physician (license NY 1896; license OH 1897)
- Silber, Martha E. Benson: Homeopathic physician (30 Jul 1896)
- Startzman, Viola: Medical field, clinic named for her
- Walters, Ethel Wilson Hobbs: Homeopathic physician (22 Apr 1899)
Pilots
- Stype, JoAnn: 1st Wooster lady pilot to fly in the International Angel Derby (Apr 1977); flight instructor
- Yoder, Anna B. Blattenburg: Physician (9 Aug 1906)
Scientists
- Detmers, Frederica: researcher at Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Botany in Wooster (beginning in 1919)
- Frank, Norma Augusta: researcher at Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Animal Science, Division of Veterinary Science (1952-1972)
- Patton, Dr. Mary Brown: researcher at Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Home Economics (1926-1960); writer of scientific papers in the fields of calcium, phosphorus and nitrogen metabolism of young women; writer on the nutritive value of foods and growth and nutrition of school children
Newspaper Articles
References
- ↑ Wooster Daily Record, 23 Jun 1945, page 3, columns 5-6