Activism Archives - Page 31 of 304

Muireann Ní Bhrolcháin

Irish academic and activist

Julia Walworth Long

Ohio temperance activist who helped organize two Presbyterian churches in Cleveland and devoted much time to social service

Nellie Peters Black

Georgia (U.S.) clubwoman

Phoebe Judson was the first non-Indian woman to settle in the Lynden, Washington area (in northern Whatcom County) and became known as the “Mother of Lynden” during the half century that she lived there.

Lottie Osika

Cleveland, Ohio officer for The Union of Poles in America and secretary of Branch # 71 who, during her 50 year association, increased membership and helped the organization prosper.

Margaret Crile Garretson Devine

Cleveland, Ohio civic leader

Mary Phelps Montgomery

Mary Phelps Montgomery is remembered for playing a supporting role in the completion of the the Northern Pacific Railroad from Kalama to its terminus at Tacoma in 1873.