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	Irwin, Josephine Saxer Identifier irwin.jpg Title Josephine Saxer Irwin Description Portrait of Josephine Irwin in 1978. "Josephine Irwin as a young woman" --photo verso Name Irwin, Josephine Saxer Maiden Name Saxer Birth Date 1890-03-01 Death Date 1984-09-15 Accomplishments Josephine Irwin was active in the peace movement before World War I and was one of the first members of the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Cleveland, participating in a suffrage parade on Euclid Avenue in 1914. She supported the Equal Rights Amendment and she founded Womenspace. Irwin was also the first woman councilman-at-large in Fairview Park. Profession Community Government Education Subject League Of Women Voters (Lwv) Of Cleveland Fairview Park Womenspace Cleveland Council On World Affairs Irwin, Josephine Saxer Date Original 1978-08-31 Time Period Decline and Comeback: 1960-1990 Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Entry http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=IJS Ohio Women's Hall of Fame Biography http://www.odjfs.state.oh.us/women/halloffame/bio.asp?ID=141 Additional Resources http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=W20 Digital Collection Famous Women of Cleveland Repository Collection Cleveland Press Repository Collection Homepage http://www.clevelandmemory.org/press/ Donor Cole, Joseph E. Repository Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections. Repository Homepage http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/ Copyright http://www.clevelandmemory.org/copyright/ Object Type black-and-white photographs Format JPG
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