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Rindge and Concord New Hampshire First Woman NH State Agency Director, Administrator, Speaker, Award Recipient: Abby Langdon (Alger) Wilder (1889-1978)
She was born Abbie Langdon Alger on 18 May 1889 at New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of William E.Alger and his first wife, Lucille V. (DeLeon) Alger. Abby’s father was a Bostonian who was living out of the country. He … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged Abbie, Abby, Administration, administrator, Alger, award, Bureau, Butterick, Concord, director, Division, emergency, employment, first, Hampshire, Joseph D Vaughan, Langdon, new, New Hampshire, NH, relief, Rindge, security, service, state, Styles Bridges, Wilder, woman
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Dover New Hampshire Suffragist and UNH Administrator: Carmita Aileen (Cameron) Murphy (1925-2003)
New Hampshire women take for granted that they can vote. Many believe that with the passage of the federal suffrage amendment in 1919 New Hampshire women were automatically given complete voting rights. It is not so. Constitutionally women did not … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged 1918, 1919, 1958, administrator, Carmita, constitution, constitutional, convention, Dover, educator, Hampshire, male, Murphy, new, New Hampshire, NH, suffrage, suffragist, teacher, UNH, University
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