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"The ongoing invisibility of women and girls is a serious issue for our country, and for the world. The invisibility of our history, heroes, stories, challenges, and success handicaps the future of all Americans, and it deeply affects our economy and our communities."--Megan Smith, U.S. Chief Technology OfficerWhat History Isn’t
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— Jodi Picoult, The StorytellerNovember 2024 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Recent Comments
- Janice Brown on Littleton New Hampshire: Kilburn Stereoscopic Views
- 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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Tag Archives: MA
New Hampshire’s First Woman County Commissioner: Keene New Hampshire’s Grace A. Richardson (1873-1947)
According to Leon Anderson, New Hampshire legislative historian, “Grace A. Richardson of Keene “agent” for that city’s Bureau of Public Service ( a private charitable society) became New Hampshire’s first woman County Commissioner in the 1922 election. She was re-elected … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Politics, New Hampshire Women
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Musician and Music Teacher, Orson Lafayette Mason (1849-1923): Descendant of Capt. Hugh Mason in Cheshire County NH
Orson Lafayette Mason‘s very interesting face looks out from a scratched tintype photograph that I purchased on a popular auction site. He wears a stylish hat, and his mutton chop sideburns add to the impressive look. He would have appeared … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History
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The Baker Children of Weare, New Hampshire (1910)
Two lovely children, posed perfectly, look out from this photograph postcard. In addition to the ink script “Evelyn Baker, Oliver Prescott Baker,” there is penciled on the back, “202 North Weare NH.” The postcard is dated September 1, 1910, is … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History
Tagged baker, Bellevue, Bradford, cemetery, church, Congregational, Enfield, Ernest, Evelyn, family, genealogy, Hampshire, Lawrence, MA, Massachusetts, Maude, Meredith, minister, new, NH, Northwood, Oliver, pastor, Portsmouth, postcard, Prescott, reverend, Weare
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New Hampshire Tidbits: Buffalo, Elk, Fox, Deer; Baynes, Atwood, Coit, Means
A word of warning: this is a complicated story, with numerous tangents. It starts with postcards that I recently acquired of wild animals, photographed around 1906 at Corbin Park in Grantham NH, by the famous naturalist-photographer, Ernest Harold Baynes. Though … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, NH Tidbits, Not New Hampshire
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Newmarket New Hampshire’s Tiger No. 1 and Its Creator Edward S. Lesley
Fire can be a great creator or a great destroyer. In 1936 several newspapers carried a story about annual Fire Prevention week, where it describes that Ahun, a little town of 2,000 people in central France, claimed a notable record … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Men
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