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New Hampshire’s First Female Selectman: Lenna Gwendolen (Wilson) Perry (1899-1986)
The small town of Sharon, located in the Monadnock region, is prominent in history for being the location of New Hamphire’s first female selectman. Even today Sharon’s population is only 340 people. Lenna Gwendolen Wilson came from a well-known local … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged female, first, Jaffrey, Lenna, Perry, representative, selectman, selectperson, selectwoman, Sharon, town, town clerk, Wilson, woman
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Penacook New Hampshire’s First Female Legislator, Physician, Educator and Civic Leader: Mary Louise (Rolfe) Farnum (1870-1965)
Nineteen hundred and twenty was a landmark year for the women of New Hampshire. The 19th Amendment, which granted women’s suffrage (the right to vote) nationwide in 1920, was ratified. New Hampshire ratified the amendment on September 10, 1919, but … Continue reading
Posted in History, Moovers And Shakers, New Hampshire Politics, New Hampshire Women
Tagged 1920, 19th Amendment, Boscawen, civic leader, Concord, court, educator, election, first, General, legislator, legislature, New Hampshire, NH, Penacook, physician, teacher, women, womens history, write-in
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New Hampshire’s First Female Aviator, Well-Known Photographer and Philanthropist: Bernice Blake Perry (1905-1996)
Bernice Gertrude Blake was born in Manchester, New Hampshire on 2 March 1905, one of four children born to Edward C. & Gertrude (Hurd) Blake. Her father was an English-Canadian immigrant who had founded Blake’s Creamery, originally as a milk … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, New Hampshire Aviation, New Hampshire Women
Tagged aviator, Bernice Blake, Bernice Perry, Blakes Creamery, charter member, first, license, Lyndeborough, Manchester, Milford, music, ninety-nines, philanthropist, philanthropy, photo, photographer, photography, pilot, scholarship, Wilton, Winthrop
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New Hampshire and the Birth of the Cocktail
New Hampshire is thought of as the birth place of many innovations, from tupperware to the motorcycle. But was it … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, Humor, New Hampshire Glossary, New Hampshire Men
Tagged alcohol, alcoholic, birth, cocktail, colonial, drink, first, New Hampshire, The Farmers Cabinet
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Manchester New Hampshire Restaurant Innovators: Richard "Dick" and Maurice "Mac" McDonald
There is no doubt that much credit should be given to Ray Krok for the idea of franchising McDonalds.
However, … Continue reading
Posted in Irish in New Hampshire, New Hampshire Men
Tagged burger, corporation, Dick, drive-in, first, franchise, hamburger, Irish, Mack, Maurice, McDonald, McDonalds, Morris, New Hampshire, original, Ray Krok, restaurant, Richard
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