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The feature was introduced on March 8, 2018, for International Women's Day, when the Times published fifteen obituaries of such "overlooked" women, and has since become a weekly feature in the paper. The project was created by Amisha Padnani, the digital editor of the obituaries desk, [1] and Jessica Bennett, the paper's gender editor. In its ...
The New York State Women Veterans Memorial is located on Madison Avenue in Albany, New York. [1] It commemorates the role of women in military service. [2] The ground-breaking ceremony for the memorial was held in June 1998 and presided over by Governor George Pataki; the memorial was unveiled in December of the same year. [2]
The Albany Rural Cemetery was established October 7, 1844, in Menands, New York, United States, just outside the city of Albany, New York. It is renowned as one of the most beautiful, pastoral cemeteries in the U.S., at over 400 acres (1.6 km 2). Many historical American figures are buried there. [2]
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1867, McPherson County was founded. It was founded in 1887 as Aiken. [citation needed] It was renamed Inman, in 1889, after Major Henry Inman, [4] who was first the namesake for Lake Inman, located approximately 4 miles (6 km) east of the town. [5]
Inman died on November 13, 1899, in Topeka, Kansas [1] and was buried at Ellsworth Cemetery. [5] He was said to have looked like his friend Buffalo Bill when they were together. [9] Lake Inman and the nearby town of Inman, Kansas, were named for him. [12] [13] He was on the board of directors of the Kansas Historical Society. [14]
Nell was born Ellen Quinlan in Parsons, Kansas, the twelfth child of an Irish immigrant railroad worker and his wife. [2] She attended Parsons High School, and following graduation, worked as a stenographer in Kansas City where, aged 17, she married a tenant of a boarding-house adjoining her own, Paul Donnelly, who became the Credit Manager of the Barton Shoe Co. [3] Donnelly supported her by ...
Reflecting Albany's status as New York's capital, 17 of the 41 extant buildings listed individually, more than one-third of that total, have been used for governmental purposes at some point. [ note 7 ] The city government is responsible for three of those, its school district for two and the federal government one (the Old Post Office ), with ...
The funeral industry is laden with sexism and specific roles based on sex.” [5] During the 1960s and 1970s, there was a stigma against females as funeral directors that lasted until 1980; it was extremely difficult for women to find employment in the funeral industry outside of a family practice.