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Born in 1855 in Toledo, Ohio to Oliver and Harriet (Kaufman) Jacobs, Goode was originally named Sarah Elisabeth Jacobs. [2] When she was young, her father worked as a waiter, and her mother kept the house. [3] Her mother also served as an organizer for the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society in Toledo, [4] which was a stop on the Underground Railroad. [5]
The Ohio Women's Hall of Fame was a program the State of Ohio's Department of Job and Family Services ran from 1978 [1] through 2011. The Hall has over 400 members. [2] In 2019, the Hall's physical archives and online records were transferred to the State Archives in the Ohio History Center.
Pages in category "Inventors from Ohio" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The hot comb was an invention developed in France as a way for women with coarse curly hair to achieve a fine straight look traditionally modeled by historical Egyptian women. [44] However, it was Annie Malone who first patented this tool, while her protégé and former worker, Madam C. J. Walker, widened the teeth. [45]
Andrew graduated from Steele High School, which was in Dayton, Ohio. [1] Upon her graduation, she began her collegiate career at The Ohio State University. Andrew was an active member of the OSU chapter of the Sigma Kappa sorority. [1] She was the first woman to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Banking and Finance from OSU. [1]
Elizabeth Blackwell (abolitionist, women's rights activist, first female doctor in U.S.) (Cincinnati) John Brown (abolitionist) (Hudson) Alice A. W. Cadwallader (philanthropist and temperance activist) (St. Clairsville) Rebecca Ballard Chambers (temperance reformer) (Ohio) Annie W. Clark (social reformer)
American women inventors (218 P) Pages in category "Women inventors" The following 128 pages are in this category, out of 128 total.
Katharine Wright Haskell (August 19, 1874 – March 3, 1929) was an American teacher, suffragist, and the younger sister of aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright.She worked closely with her brothers, managing their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio when they were away; acting as their right-hand woman and general factotum in Europe; assisting with their correspondence and business affairs ...