Montgomery County, Iowa

Women of Montgomery County, Iowa
  • 1982: Women of Montgomery County
    • ANDERSON; Hulda Christina, Teacher, Church Worker (1881-1957)
    • ARTZ, Adalyn; Nurse, Girl Scout Leader (1881-1958)
    • ARTZ, Louise, Musician (1888-1970)
    • BARNARD, Emily Merritt; Pioneer Teacher, Storekeeper ( -1892)
    • BISHOP, Nell; Art Director (1873-1962)
    • BOLL, Bonnie; Publisher (1886-1980)
    • BOND, Sally; Pioneer (-Adult-1856)
    • BOYLE, Anna Thomsen; Red Cross Nurse (1885-1977)
    • BROWN, Mary Frances Hunter; Church School Teacher (1885-1977)
    • CAREY, Carrie Gilman; Volunteer, Community Organizer (18-- 1945)
    • CLARK, Rosa Shirk; Volunteer, Community Organizer (1858-1945)
    • COCHRANE, Myrtle Eleanor Murphy; Community Organizer (1872-1924)
    • COLE, Lena Adeline Pilkington; Political Leader, Clubwoman (1873-1935)
    • COLLARD, Nora; Library Board (1864-1947)
    • COOPER, Gladys; Physician (1883-1979)
    • COPPAGE, Minna Hawkins; Musician, Community Worker (1881-1974)
    • DEARBORN, Helen Towle; Dentist, Amateur Photographer (1879-1957)
    • DOWHOWER, Xenia Beulah Delaney; Social Worker (1892-1976)
    • EVANS, Bertha Iona Swanker; Business Woman (1891-1982)
    • FALK, Hulda Maxell Gustafson; School Dietician (1885-1971)
    • FAUNCE, Bertha E. Stevenson; Business Woman, Conservationist (1886-1978)
    • FISHER, Sara Morell; Early Leader (1860-19--)
    • GIVAN, Kate E. Smith; Extension Volunteer (1889-1981)
    • GOHAGAN, Frances; Merchandiser (1871-1856)
    • HAMILTON, Anna; Clairvoyant HANNA, Rebecca; Pioneer Physician (18-- -19--)
    • HAYES, Addie Clark; Community Organizer (1873-1941)
    • HEBARD, Anna M.; Pioneer (1814-1915)
    • HINES, Nell Wever; Club Woman, Civic Worker (1875-1956)
    • HOUGHTON, Dorothy Deemer; Club Woman (1890-1972)
    • INGMAND, Opal Marjorie Lungren; Organizer, Homemaker (1912-1982)
    • KELLY, Virginia; Educator (1868-1962)
    • KEYTE, Hazel; Business Woman (1889-1970)
    • LANE, Caroline Mathilda Morgan; Early Teacher (1842-1931)
    • LIGHTBODY, Lydia Ann; Pioneer Teacher (18-- -)
    • LUPPOLD, Darleen Clair Bolt; Newspaper Reporter and Society Editor (1886-1961)
    • MCGEE, Jane Harper; Pioneer Landowner, Weaver, Matriarch (1800-1861)
    • MCPHERSON, Frances H. Boyer; Social Leader (1857-1948)
    • MEALEY, Bertha Weibel; Manager, Buyer Women's Clothing (1886-1964)
    • MICKLE, Elizabeth; Educator (1878-1955)
    • MILNER, Cornelia Merritt; Family Historian (1866-1951)
    • MILLER, Ella Pine; Science Teacher (1884-1962)
    • MORRIS, Ethel Gillmor; Musician, Choir Director, Champion Golfer (1880-1963)
    • MURPHY, Ina Culbertson; Community Leader, Musician (1880-1963)
    • MURPHY, Lucy Thomas; Church Worker, Volunteer (1882-1964)
    • OCKERSON, Irene; Teacher (1883-1941)
    • PACKARD, Cornelia Kennedy; Pioneer, Hostess (1816-1878)
    • PALMER, Sarah; Librarian (1871-1956)
    • PERRYMAN, Mary Gertrude; Business Partner, Community Worker (1892-1974)
    • PIEPER, Sophia; Hospital Administrator (19-- -1979)
    • PLATT, Gertrude Dorothy Hall; Homemaker, Craftswoman (1906-1981)
    • POWELL, Velura E.; Physician, Founder of Powell School (1874-1950)
    • PRIEST, Estelle; Artist (1885-1962)
    • REED, Lula B.; Educator (1891-1978)
    • REIMERS, Mabelle; Music Teacher (1884-1980)
    • RICHARDS, Mary Louise Mills; Teacher and Genealogist (1847-1917)
    • RUSHTON, Frances Madelyn Webster; Community Worker, Homemaker (1890-1957)
    • SCHIMPFF, Viola; Teacher (1893-1976)
    • SELLERGREN, Florence; Nurse (1880-1971)
    • SHANK, Sophronia Dean; Pioneer Teacher (184- -193-)
    • STAFFORD, Ellen; Pioneer Housewife (18-- )
    • STENNETT, Elizabeth; Pioneer (1820-1907)
    • SWANSON, Ruth Wright; Civic Leader (1890-1969)
    • TURNER, Josephine Cochrane; Community Leader (1900-1968)
    • WALKER, Nellie Verne; Sculptor (1874-1973)
    • WHEELER, Amanda Saphronia; Hairpiece Maker (1842-1924)
    • WOOD, Hazel Kirk; Teacher, Political Leader (1884-1974)
    • WOOD, Mabel Alice Welty; Farm Youth Organizer (1891-1958)
Source: "Women of Montgomery County, Iowa" was edited with a committee which included Betty McKenzie, Ruth Anne Draper and Elizabeth Richards. Printed in 1982 by the Nishna Valley Printing Co., Red Oak, Iowa 51566.
Permission was given by Bettie McKenzie to include the text of this booklet online.
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