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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]] |
| + | * [[Women's Suffrage|Woman's Suffrage]] |
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| ===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]] |
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| ===College of Wooster=== | | ===College of Wooster=== |
| + | * Boole, Ella (Alexander): 1878 graduate; President of WCTU, New York |
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| * 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 |
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| ===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 | + | * [[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 |
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| * 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 | + | * 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 |
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| * 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 |
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| * [[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 |
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| * [[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 | + | * [[Anna Bell Irish|Irish, Annie Bell]]: Professor, [[College of Wooster]]; served as translator and librarian for the State Department of Interior from 1877-1881 |
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| * 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 |
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| * 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.) |
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| * Tostlebe, Pearl: Graduate of the Army School of Nursing (1921) | | * Tostlebe, Pearl: Graduate of the Army School of Nursing (1921) |
| + | * See also [[Wayne County Chapter of the American Red Cross|American Red Cross]] |
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| ===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=== |
| + | * [[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=== |
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| <Gallery> | | <Gallery> |
− | File:Madge_Golden.jpg|Madge {{Surname|Golden}} | + | File:Madge_Golden.jpg|Madge Golden |
− | File:Madge_Golden1.jpg|Madge {{Surname|Golden}} graduate | + | File:Madge_Golden1.jpg|Madge Golden graduate |
− | File:Scott_Agnes_law.jpg|Agnes {{Surname|Scott}}: | + | File:Scott_Agnes_law.jpg|Agnes Scott: |
| </Gallery> | | </Gallery> |
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| <references/> | | <references/> |
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− | [[CATEGORY: Compiled Genealogies]] | + | [[Category:Compiled Genealogies]] |
| + | [[Category:Women of Wayne County]] |
| + | [[Category:People by Company in Wayne County, Ohio]] |