Adella Prentiss Hughes
Founder of three important institutions: the Cleveland Music School Settlement, the Musical Arts Assocation and the Cleveland Orchestra
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Madeline A DeSantis Iosue
President of her family company, C. DeSantis Paint Manufacturing Co.
Adele von Ohl Parker
American equestrienne, daredevil rider, vaudeville performer, and from 1929 to 1966 the owner and operator of Parker’s Ranch in Ohio
Ivenue Love-Stanley
The architectural firm Stanley, Love-Stanley was established in Atlanta in 1978 by Ivenue Love-Stanley and her husband William J. “Bill” Stanley III
Grace Finley Price
Trailblazing African American entrepreneur in Ohio
Jennie E Precker
Lawyer Jennie E. Precker (1892-1981) founded the Susan B. Anthony Building and Loan Association, the nation’s first women’s bank, in Newark.
Mildred Fairbanks Stone
The first female officer of a major American life insurance company. She was elected for the position at Mutual Benefit.
Dr Jill Ker Conway
Australian-American scholar and author and the first woman to chair a listed public company in Australia.
Barbara McConnell
Politician Barbara McConnell served the New Jersey state government for more than 30 years as a political figure, business executive, and public policy adviser.
Sara Spencer Washington
Businesswoman Sara Spencer Washington (1889-1953) was the founder of Apex News and Hair Company located in Atlantic City.