Politics Archives - Page 44 of 134

Frances Pauley, social activist and political organizer, devoted her life to the battle against prejudice and discrimination in the southern US.

Portuguese queen of England, and later regent in Portugal

Irish nationalist, political activist, and subject of most of the love poetry of W. B. Yeats

Cleveland Municipal Court judge and cofounder of Women’s Federal Savings Bank

The first woman elected a delegate to a national political convention and the first woman to serve in a Cleveland mayor’s cabinet

Ohio writer and suffrage leader

Cleveland attorney elected president of the city council of Lakewood (1928-29)

Ward 7 representative for the Cleveland City Council for almost thirty years.

German-American politician who served on Cleveland City Council through six mayoral administrations over twenty-eight years.

Ohio social worker, political candidate, preservationist, and the creator of one of Cleveland’s most notable small restaurants.