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	Search results for Government    Refine your search Type Black-and-white Photog... (643) Newsletters (262) Editorial Cartoons (27) Video (19) Newspapers (15) Show more... Subject Government (626) African Americans (607) Cleveland City Council (281) Councilmen (196) City Council Members (173) Show more... Creator Bartimole, Roldo (258) Toppelstein, Paul (51) Noble, Bernie (33) Dillard, Van (32) Unknown (29) Show more... Date 1979 (48) 1971 (45) 1968 (42) 1973 (38) 1972 (35) Show more... results 1-20 of 1125 item(s)  page 1 of 57 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Pyke, Bernice Secrest Pyke, Bernice Secrest; Democratic Party; Teachers; Delegations Bernice Pyke was the first woman to be elected delegate for a national political convention and the first woman to serve in a cabinet for a mayor of Cleveland. She was a delegate for 5 Democratic National... 2. Cotner, Mercedes R. Cotner, Mercedes R.; Cleveland City Council; Politics & government; Politicians; Clerk of Cleveland City Council (Ohio) She was the first woman and longest serving Clerk of Cleveland City Council, a position she held from 1964 until her retirement in 1990. In 1973, she became the first Democratic woman to run for the Mayor... 3. McCaffery, Margaret Mccaffery, Margaret; Cleveland City Council; Cleveland City Government Margaret McCaffery served on the Cleveland City Council for over 28 years. She received accolades from the safety forces, organized labor, and small business groups. She worked on committees for public... 4. Irwin, Josephine Saxer League Of Women Voters (Lwv) Of Cleveland; Fairview Park; Womenspace; Cleveland Council On World Affairs; Irwin, Josephine Saxer 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... 5. Hauser, Elizabeth J., 1873- Activists; Women's suffrage; National American Woman Suffrage Assn.; League Of Women Voters (Lwv) Of Cleveland; Hauser, Elizabeth; Journalists Elizabeth Hauser first began her career as editor of the "Girard Grit" and then later helped found the National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Once suffrage passed she also founded the... 6. Greve, Bell Greve, Bell; Social workers; Public service organizations; Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Relief Bureau; Cleveland. Dept. of Health and Welfare; Cleveland Rehabilitation Center; Rehabilitation International; Hiram House Bell Greve was internationally renowned as a leader and pioneer in rehabilitative care and relief services. Originally planning to be a missionary, Greve turned towards social work after volunteering at... 7. Fairfax, Florence Bundy Fairfax, Florence Bundy; Cleveland. Dept. of Recreation; Florence Bundy Fairfax Recreation Center; Sports & recreation facilities Bundy was a long-time employee of the Dept. of Recreation for the city of Cleveland. In May 1954, she became the Superintendent of Special Activities which focused on finding services and activities for... 8. Cermak, Albina Cermak, Albina; Republican Party; Bailiffs; Political elections Albina Cermak was the first woman to run for mayor not only in Cleveland but in any city. She ran against Anthony Celebrezze in 1961. Ms. Cermak was a member of the Board of Elections and delegate for... 9. Brown, Anna V., d. 1985 Brown, Anna V.; Gerontology; National Council on the Aging; Cleveland. Dept. of Aging; Aged persons Brown was an advocate for the elderly in Cleveland as well as nationally. She developed Cleveland's Department of Aging which developed services to assist elders. She later became the president of the... 10. George, Zelma, 1903-1994 George, Zelma Watson; Opera singers; Activists; Cleveland Job Corps; Diplomats;African Americans; Karamu House; Cuyahoga Community College; United Nations Zelma George was the daughter of a Texas Baptist minister and remembered meeting a number of prominent black leaders in her home. Issues about race were discussed and her father believed in helping other... 11. Sherwin, Belle, 1868-1955 Women's City Club; Suffrage; Suffragists; Women's suffrage; League Of Women Voters (Lwv) Of Cleveland Belle Sherwin was the former president for the national League of Women Voters (1924-1934). She was also a founder of the Women's City Club in Cleveland, Ohio. 12. Sherwin, Belle, 1868-1955 Women's City Club; Suffrage; Suffragists; Women's suffrage; League Of Women Voters (Lwv) Of Cleveland Belle Sherwin was the former president for the national League of Women Voters (1924-1934). She was also a founder of the Women's City Club in Cleveland, Ohio. 13. 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... 14. 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... 15. Councilmen visit Columbus Brooker, Melba; Hodkins, Virginia; Municipal government; Westlake (Ohio) "Gentlemans agreement was realized today when Councilmen Melba Brooker of Westlake (left) and Virginia W. Hodkins of North Olmsted drove to Columbus. During the past two years the two, both re-elected... 16. Cleveland's Westerly and Easterly sewage-works in use Sewerage; Cleveland; Ohio City; Collinwood "Design based on dry-weather flows of 32 and 92 M.G.D. - Bar Screens, Grit Chambers, Imhoff Tanks and Disinfection in Bathing Season - Multiple Lake Outlets". 17. Construction and traffic on the Clark Avenue Bridge, 1978 Clark Ave. Bridge; Clark Ave.; Bridges; Truss bridges; Clark Avenue Bridge (Cleveland, Ohio); Government reorganization Construction and traffic on the Clark Avenue Bridge. 18. The design of Cleveland's sewage-treatment works Sewerage; Cleveland; Ohio City; Collinwood Details the construction of two sewage treatment plants for the City of Cleveland. "Three Plants to Protect Bathing Beaches and Prevent Nuisances in Cuyahoga River - Gratings, Grit Chambers and Two-Story... 19. Nickel Plate Road Bridge being built across Cuyahoga River in 1955 Nickel Plate Railroad Bridges; Bridge construction; Vertical lift bridges; Railroad bridges; Cuyahoga River; Bridges, Steel; Norfolk Western Corp.; Nickel Plate Railroad Cuyahoga River Bridge; Bridges, Concrete "NKP Rail Road Bridge across the River." Newspaper clipping on back reads,"Due to be completed about July 1, this $5,000,000 Nickel Plate Road bridge is part of the $21,000,000 program for relieving Cuyahoga... 20. Corridor report for interstate and alternate routes in the Cuyahoga County freeway system [to Albert S. Porter, Cuyahoga County engineer] December, 1957 Transportation; Traffic engineering; Civil engineering; Willow Freeway; Medina Freeway; Bedford Freeway; Clark Freeway; Northwest Freeway; Airport Freeway; Outer Belt South Freeway; Interstate 90; Interstate 71 "The procedure established for the orderly development of plans for the Cuyahoga County Freeway System contemplated that such planning would be accomplished in three steps: (a.) The preparation of a "Corridor... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 1125 item(s)  page 1 of 57 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  >> ) :: previous : next
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