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Four More Manchester (NH) High School Graduates of 1888
In November of last year, I wrote about four graduates of Manchester (NH) High School of the class of 1888. So that I do not repeat myself, please see this link for the history and a photograph of that high … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged 1888, female, graduate, graduation, High School, Manchester, Manchester High School, women
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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 Canterbury Shakers: Elderess Bertha Lindsay (1897-1990) and Gertrude Soule (1894-1988)
Eldress Bertha Lindsay, and Gertrude Soule were not the last of New Hampshire’s Shaker Colony–Ethel Hudson was the last when she died in 1992. At Christmas-time in 1978 when the radiant faces of Bertha and Gertrude were captured for this … Continue reading
Portsmouth New Hampshire’s Charity Worker and Suffragist: Sarah Whittier “Sallie” Hovey (1872-1932)
Sallie W. Hovey was the daughter of a prominent New Hampshire minister, and the sister of a navy Ensign who lost his life in the Philippines. In her own right she worked tirelessly to make sure that the poor and … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged admendment, Hovey, New Hampshire, NH, Portsmouth, right, suffrage, suffragette, suffragist, vote, voting, women
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New Hampshire: Late 19th Century Facts About Footwear
FACTS ABOUT FOOTWEAR Fashions changed; and “the whirligig of time” brings about many other things besides “revenges.” The sharply pointed toes of some of our ancestors will be along immediately. Perhaps crimson rosettes and silver buckles will follow; perhaps the … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women, Really Old News
Tagged business, Concord, fashion, footware, footwear, French heel, kid, opera toe, shoes, slippers, toes, women
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