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	Search results for Famous Women of Cleveland    Refine your search Type Black-and-white Photog... (57) Engravings (Prints) (1) Oil Paintings (Visual ... (1) Subject Community (21) Arts (18) Education (16) Government (14) Journalism (8) Show more... Creator Unknown (5) Conner-geddes (2) Filkins, Byron (2) Trout Ware Studios co. (2) Edmonson, w.j. (1) Show more... Date 1950? (2) 1927-08-01 (1) 1929-02-20 (1) 1929? (1) 1930-05-23 (1) Show more... results 41-58 of 58 item(s)  page 3 of 3 : ( <<  1  2  3  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 41. McCormick, Anne O’Hare, 1880-1954 Mccormick, Anne (O'hare); Journalists; Writers; New York times; Pulitzer Prizes; United Nations Anne O'Hare McCormick was a foreign correspondent for the New York Times who traveled the world reporting on injustice and issues threatening freedom worldwide. She was the first woman to win a Pulitzer... 42. Rouse, Rebecca Cromwell, 1799-1887 Rouse, Rebecca Cromwell; Ladies' Aid Society; Philanthropists; Beech Brook, Inc. During the Civil War, Rebecca Cromwell Rouse was a founder of the Ladies' Aid Society which provided care for wounded and sick soldiers and also provided assistance to orphans and widows. Rouse and the... 43. Bryant, Eliza Bryant, Eliza; Freedmen; Slavery; Eliza Bryant Center; African Americans; Nursing homes Seeing that African Americans in Cleveland were denied access to nursing homes because of segregation, Eliza Bryant started a campaign to raise interest and funds for African American elders in 1893. Her... 44. McBride, Lucia McCurdy McBride, Lucia McCurdy; League Of Women Voters (Lwv) Of Cleveland; Planned Parenthood Of Greater Cleveland; Suffragists; Suffrage; Women's City Club; Philanthropists McBride was an advocate for women's rights and suffrage for women and served in offices for local, state, and national organizations. She was founder of the Cleveland Woman Suffrage Party and the Ohio... 45. Robeson, Lila Robeson, Lila; Opera singers; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.); Western Reserve University Robeson was the first Cleveland-born opera singer that performed for the Metropolitan Opera in New York (1912-1922). Robeson was a mezzo soprano who performed 142 times for the Metropolitan Opera between... 46. Bolton, Frances Payne Bingham, 1885-1977 Bolton, Frances Payne; Nursing;Hawken School; Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (Cleveland, Ohio); United States. House of Representatives; United States Congress Frances Payne Bolton had a long tenure as a United States Representative from 1939 to 1968; Bolton was the first woman to head an official mission abroad, to the Middle East in 1947; In 1953 she was appointed... 47. Vronsky, Vitya Babin, Victor; Babin, Victoria (Vitya) Vronsky; Pianists; Cleveland Orchestra; Cleveland Institute Of Music; Composers Vitya Vronsky was a world class pianist who came to Cleveland to become faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music in 1961 after touring and recording extensively as part of a duo piano team with her... 48. Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham; Karamu House; Philanthropists; Ohioana Pegasus Winners Along with husband, Rowena Jelliffe was a co-founder of Karamu House, a neighborhood settlement renowned for its dedication to interracial theater and arts. A former social worker, Jellifffe directed over... 49. Strassmeyer, Mary A. Strassmeyer, Mary A.; Plain Dealer; Journalism Mary Strassmeyer was a society editor for the Plain Dealer and was famous for her column, "Mary, Mary." She was inducted into the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame in 1994. [Image credit: this image is... 50. Votipka, Thelma Opera singers; Votipka, Thelma; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.); Oberlin College Thelma Votipka was an accomplished mezzo-soprano opera singer. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she studied at Oberlin Conservatory and made her debut as the Countess in the Marriage of Figaro with the American... 51. Shepherd, Dorothy G. Case Western Reserve University; Islam; Cleveland Museum Of Art; Textiles; Galleries & museums In the 1960s, Dorothy Shepherd was one of the only female museum curators in the United States and was renowned for her knowledge in medieval textiles and ancient Islamic art. Shepherd was a curator at... 52. Horvath, Helen Horvath, Helen; Activists; Hungarians; Immigrants Mrs. Helen Horvath was a renowned social activist who was determined to assist immigrants in the difficult and many times painful adjustment to life in America. In 1901 Horvath opened a school for new... 53. Goetz, Bernice Goetz, Bernice; Explorers; Cleveland Public Library; Cleveland Museum Of Natural History; Public speaking Explorer of South America including regions in Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, and Guatemala. She lectured and wrote about her travels, both locally for newspapers and the National Geographic... 54. Chadwick, Elizabeth Bigley, 1857-1907 Chadwick, Elizabeth Bigley, 1857-1907; Swindlers & swindling; Fraud; Criminals; Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 Cassie L. Chadwick was known worldwide as a Cleveland con-artist in the early 20th century after her arrest in 1904. In her largest scam, she claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of Andrew Carnegie... 55. Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971 Bourke-White, Margaret; Photographers; Journalists; War correspondents; Steel industry; Photojournalism; Caldwell, Erksine, 1903-1987; Life (Chicago, Ill.) A world known photojournalist who made her start in Cleveland by photographing Cleveland Flats and also its steel making. She was hired as one of the 1st photographers for the magazine Life, and also became... 56. Sister Mary Ignatia, C.S.A., 1889-1996 Alcoholics Anonymous; St. Vincent's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio); Catholics, Roman Sister Mary Ignatia was one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous. Sister Ignatia was the registrar at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron when she began her work with alcoholics. In 1952 Rosary Hall was born... 57. Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971 Social workers; Social values; Social justice; Phillis Wheatley Assn.; Working Girls' Home; African Americans; Women's rights; Equal opportunity programs; Charitable organizations; Community service; Hunter, Jane Edna (Harris); Cleveland Women's Civic League (Cleveland, Ohio) Jane Edna Hunter started the Working Girl's Home Association after moving to Cleveland, Ohio and seeing the lack of adequate housing and social protection for homeless black girls. This organization became... 58. Helen Horvath Horvath, Helen; Hungarian education; Social activists; Educators; Hungarians; Hungarian Americans Mrs. Helen Horvath was a renowned social activist who was determined to assist immigrants in the difficult and many times painful adjustment to life in America. In 1901 Horvath opened a school for new... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 41-58 of 58 item(s)  page 3 of 3 : ( <<  1  2  3  >> ) :: previous : next
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