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- Valley News - Upstart prevails in Grafton County sheriff’s contest on New Hampshire’s First Woman Sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs: Helen Kenney of Concord, M. Jennie (Wood) Kendall of Nashua, and Lillian (Christian) Bryant of Conway
- Upstart prevails in Grafton County sheriff’s contest – Westlebanon Valley News on New Hampshire’s First Woman Sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs: Helen Kenney of Concord, M. Jennie (Wood) Kendall of Nashua, and Lillian (Christian) Bryant of Conway
- Friday’s Family History Finds | Empty Branches on the Family Tree on Samuel Joy and His Spite Tombstone in Durham New Hampshire
- “Mowed down like a pack of cards”: Carrie M. Hall, nurse. | American Women in World War I on Chief Nurse of WW1 Expeditionary Forces, Red Cross Chief Nurse Harvard Unit, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital School of Nursing Founder, National Association President and Pioneer of American Nursing: Nashua New Hampshire’s Carrie May Hall (1873-1963)
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Monthly Archives: March 2015
New Hampshire’s Favorite Irish Son: Somersworth’s General John Sullivan (1740-1795)
Who else could I write about on Saint Patrick’s Day? New Hampshire’s favorite Irish son, General John Sullivan, was a patriot of the American Revolution. Though some researchers say he was born in Berwick, Maine, there is much evidence … Continue reading
Posted in History, Irish in New Hampshire, New Hampshire Men
Tagged American, General, Irish, John, lawyer, Major, Major-General, patriot, revolution, Somersworth, Sullivan
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“Cow Hampshire” Blog Turns Nine in 2015
Happy Birthday Cow Hampshire. My first post on this blog was made on March 16, 2006, one month exactly after my twin sister, Kathi’s death. She was a blogger, often posting her own poems and thoughts. I posted a photograph … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged 9, 9th, anniversary, birthday, blog, blogaversary, commercial, Cow Hampshire, first, genealogy, history, New Hampshire, NH, nine, nineth, non, nonprofit, profit
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Illustrator, Lecturer, Social Worker, New Hampshire Politician: Effie Brown (Earll) Slingerland Yantis (1869-1950)
In 1922, Effie E. Yantis is quoted as saying: “I happen to know two girls who both made failures of their first lemon pies. One said, “I will never make another lemon pie;” the other, “I shall never give up … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Politics, New Hampshire Women
Tagged Effie, female, first, legislator, legislature, New Hampshire, NH, Politician, Republican, Universalist, woman, women, Yantis
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New Hampshire’s First Female Banker and Financier: Winchester’s Jane Grace Alexander (1848-1932)
Jane Grace Alexander, was born October 26, 1848 in Winchester, New Hampshire, daughter of Edward & Lucy M. (Capron) Alexander. She was the first woman in New Hampshire to be elected treasurer of a bank. In 1881, she was elected … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged Alexander, banker, bookkeeper, Eastern Star, educator, female, first, Glenwood Seminary, New Hampshire, NH, philanthropist, teacher, treasurer, Winchester, woman
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New Hampshire’s first Female Senator: Bristol’s E. Maude (Fowler) Ferguson (1883-1932)
We’d like to think that following the passage of the 19th Amendment that New Hampshire women were being voted into all positions. We weren’t–we were late bloomers. By 1948 only four women had served in the New Hampshire Senate. Mrs. … Continue reading