Today's submission examines some of our county's most interesting women personalities of the past. It is a thoroughly incomplete listing of notables and totally arbitrary in its selection. Nonetheless the challenge before you is to see how many famous women you can recall from our county's history. Let's begin...
1. She lived from 1840-1928 and hailed from Painesville. Her husband was a famous Civil War General and instrumental in the completion of America's Transcontinental Railroad. She was important in her own right- leading the way as an America Suffragette and Voting Advocate. Name her...
2. She lived on West Jackson Street and served Painesville as a nurse to her famous husband, medical secretary and mentor to hundreds of African-American youths until her death in 1992. Do you know her name?
3. She was fondly known as 'Gramma G' by those in the neighborhood. She was Mentor's only female mayor and was largely responsible for Mentor's transformation into a leading commercial hub in the county. Her name is...
4. This 'Prop Girl' learned her trade at Willoughby Cook-Cleland Airport. She later worked for TRW and ran her own flight school with another famous female aviator. She is a member of the Aviation HOF located at Burke Airport in Cleveland. Name this county aviator and flight pioneer.
5. Born in 1846, her childhood ambition was to open a school for the education of young women. Tragedy cut her life short but her childhood goal was realized in the decades that followed and is now known as Andrews-Osborne Academy. Who is this female education pioneer?
6. She was already a physician when she was elected as the first woman mayor in Ohio and arguably the U.S. She served Fairport from 1921-1923 before moving on to other medical accolades. She is...
7. The 'Sisterhood' later known as the Painesville Hoods were organized in 1862 and made an impact in the historical annals of the Civil War. She was elected the first president of this famous social club. Name her...
8. She passed in 1948 but this Wickliffe socialite had a lasting impact on Cleveland's Gilded Age, British Society and WWII as a French Resistance member. Name this famous anomaly?
9. Her family is synonymous with Cleveland paint manufacturing. She never married, was a local educator and headed the League of Women Voters and National Urban League in her time. She is...
10. She resided in Painesville briefly. She was a kindergarten teacher whose students included William Windom(actor) and Jim Backus (Mr.Magoo / Thurston Howell III). Her autograph included 'WWW' from her 1939 role in the Wizard of Oz. Later in her career she was Cora for a national coffee company. Name her...
Answers- 1. Frances Jennings-Casement 2. Mildred Rucker 3. E;eanore Garfield 4. Patricia J. Hange 5. Margaret Marsh St. John 6. Dr. Amy Kaukonen 7. Eliza Wilcox 8. Laura Mae Corrigan 9. Belle Sherwin 10. Margaret Hamilton
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