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* Charity (Lawrence) Bell Stout: Conductor of the Underground Railroad in [[Wayne County, Ohio]]
 
* Charity (Lawrence) Bell Stout: Conductor of the Underground Railroad in [[Wayne County, Ohio]]
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===Activists===
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* [[Women's Christian Temperance Union]]
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* [[Women's Suffrage|Woman's Suffrage]]
    
===Attorneys===
 
===Attorneys===
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* [[Flory, Nellie]] : Housemother for the [[College of Wooster]]; owner of the Black and Gold Tea Room
 
* [[Flory, Nellie]] : Housemother for the [[College of Wooster]]; owner of the Black and Gold Tea Room
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* Parrish, Melinda (Fox) Connelly : Landlady of the [[Archer House]]
    
===College of Wooster===
 
===College of Wooster===
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* Boole, Ella (Alexander): 1878 graduate; President of WCTU, New York
    
* Compton, Otelia: [[College of Wooster]]; “Mother of Scientists”
 
* Compton, Otelia: [[College of Wooster]]; “Mother of Scientists”
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* Guille, Fran: [[College of Wooster]]
 
* Guille, Fran: [[College of Wooster]]
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* Notestein, Lucy Lilian: [[College of Wooster]]; author of Wooster of the Middle West
    
===Community===
 
===Community===
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* [[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
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* [[Arick, Ola May]]: Traveled with the [[Wayne County Chapter of the American Red Cross|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
    
* Bahl, Cecelia Catherine: Charter member of the [[Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio|Wayne County Historical Society]]
 
* Bahl, Cecelia Catherine: Charter member of the [[Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio|Wayne County Historical Society]]
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* [[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
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* Clark, Eliza Maria Whedon: Charter member of the [[Daughters of the American Revolution, Wooster-Wayne Chapter]]
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* [[Douglass, Narcissa]]: In charge of [[Soldiers Aid Society|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
 
* Knight, Maude B.: President of the Women’s Association; member of College Circle and DAR; member of the English Tea Club
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* Sheppard, Mary: Member of the [[Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio|Wayne County Historical Society]]
 
* Sheppard, Mary: Member of the [[Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio|Wayne County Historical Society]]
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* Stibbs, Emeline Beebe Sprague: President of the Soldiers Aid Society of Wayne County, Ohio from December 1862-1865
    
* [[Stitt, Harriett Woodworth]]: Vice President of the first Women’s Christian Temperance Union in Wooster, formed in 1874
 
* [[Stitt, Harriett Woodworth]]: Vice President of the first Women’s Christian Temperance Union in Wooster, formed in 1874
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* [[McSweeney, Emeline Stibbs]]: Stricken with polio but taught at the [[College of Wooster]] for 40 years
 
* [[McSweeney, Emeline Stibbs]]: Stricken with polio but taught at the [[College of Wooster]] for 40 years
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* [[Muhse, Effa Funk]]: First woman granted the degree of doctor of philosophy from the University of Indiana
    
* [[Pope, Elizabeth Hippee]]: Superintendent of [[Grove Female Seminary]] (1800s)
 
* [[Pope, Elizabeth Hippee]]: Superintendent of [[Grove Female Seminary]] (1800s)
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* [[Hoover, Lou Henry| Lou Henry Hoover]]: President Herbert Hoover’s wife; relative of the Henry Family who was one of the 1st settlers in [[Wooster, Ohio]]  
 
* [[Hoover, Lou Henry| Lou Henry Hoover]]: President Herbert Hoover’s wife; relative of the Henry Family who was one of the 1st settlers in [[Wooster, Ohio]]  
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* [[Irish, Annie B.]]: Professor, [[College of Wooster]]; served as translator and librarian for the State Department of Interior from 1877-1881
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* [[Anna Bell Irish|Irish, Annie Bell]]: Professor, [[College of Wooster]]; served as translator and librarian for the State Department of Interior from 1877-1881
    
* Parker, Ethel: Historian, County Officer (Treasurer)
 
* Parker, Ethel: Historian, County Officer (Treasurer)
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* Buss, Mary Mildred: Lt. Col. Army Nurse
 
* Buss, Mary Mildred: Lt. Col. Army Nurse
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* [[Vera Lucille (Lehman) Hendrix|Hendrix, Vera Lucille Lehman]]: Nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII
    
* Neufer, Judith Ann: 1st female military aviatrix (January 1973)
 
* Neufer, Judith Ann: 1st female military aviatrix (January 1973)
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* Kelley, Edna: Nurse Supervisor, [[Wooster Community Hospital]]
 
* Kelley, Edna: Nurse Supervisor, [[Wooster Community Hospital]]
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* Mrs. J.D. Robison (Assisted her husband physician in the Civil War. She and her two children were captured by the Confederates and later released.)
    
* Tostlebe, Pearl: Graduate of the Army School of Nursing (1921)
 
* Tostlebe, Pearl: Graduate of the Army School of Nursing (1921)
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* See also [[Wayne County Chapter of the American Red Cross|American Red Cross]]
    
===Physicians===
 
===Physicians===
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* 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
 
* 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
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===Telephone Operators===
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[[Telephone operators, women|Telephone operators]] is one of the first occupations women had the opportunity to work other than working as a teacher. Other names included Switchboard Operators and Hello Girls.
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===Theater===
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* [[Pearl (Tormie) Early - Actress|Early, Phebe Tormie]]:  Toured with the Bijou Musical Comedy Company in the early 1900s.
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===Newspaper Articles===
 
===Newspaper Articles===
    
<Gallery>
 
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File:Madge_Golden.jpg|Madge {{Surname|Golden}}
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File:Madge_Golden.jpg|Madge Golden
File:Madge_Golden1.jpg|Madge {{Surname|Golden}} graduate
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File:Madge_Golden1.jpg|Madge Golden graduate
File:Scott_Agnes_law.jpg|Agnes {{Surname|Scott}}:  
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File:Scott_Agnes_law.jpg|Agnes Scott:  
 
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[[CATEGORY: Compiled Genealogies]]
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[[Category:Compiled Genealogies]]
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[[Category:Women of Wayne County]]
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[[Category:People by Company in Wayne County, Ohio]]
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