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Women’s History
"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
“History isn’t about dates and places and wars. It’s about the people who fill the spaces between them.”
— Jodi Picoult, The StorytellerDecember 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 31 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: Merrimack
Education Champion and Elocutionist: Professor William Russell of Merrimack New Hampshire (1798-1873)
In researching the teacher’s college (later the high school) of Merrimack New Hampshire, I discovered that the man who founded it is little known in that town. His focus was to develop and nurture educators, with the school board … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Men
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New Hampshire Missing Places: Mansion House in Merrimack
A building is more than a structure or a location–it is also a repository of stories about the people and events connected with it. My cousin, Ginny Penrod, had an opportunity to photograph the so-called “Mansion House” of Merrimack NH … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, N.H. Missing Places, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women, Really Old News, Structures
Tagged Anna, Carl, ChemFab, Chemical Fabrics, Daniel Webster, DW, Dybeck, fX, GE, General Electric, Gobain, Hampshire, highway, hotel, house, Lariviere, mansion, Mansion House, Merrimack, Napoleon, new, New Hampshire, NH, Reeds Ferry, restaurant, saint, Saint-Gobain, Savigny, Sevigny, smorgasbord, St.
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New Hampshire Missing Places: Daniel Webster Airways, Merrimack
During the Town of Merrimack’s Bicentennial Celebration, my grandmother, Mattie (Kilborn) Webster helped to research, write, and also to compile the stories of others, for the historical presentations on 30 June 1946. She kept a notebook, and in cursive handwriting … Continue reading
Poultry Farmer, Civic Leader, Oldest Citizen and “Pioneer Woman”: Mary Augusta (Parker) Stowell of Merrimack New Hampshire (1871-1972)
It seems that the history books are full of stories about how men built the towns and cities of New Hampshire, and yet these places had as many, if not more, women who contributed equally, if sometimes differently. Such was … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged Bean, Bedford, chickens, farmer, Hampshire, Mary, Merrimack, new, New Hampshire, NH, Parker, poultry, Reeds Ferry, road, Stowell, woman, women
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Civic Leader, Manufacturing Supervisor, Town Officer: Anson Alfonso Platts of Merrimack New Hampshire(1845-1940)
Anson Alfonso Platts was a man who seems to have escaped most notice in a town histories. He was a modest man, unassuming, but always ready to help however he could on behalf of his family, his town, his workplace, … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women, Personal History
Tagged Anson, Boston Post Cane, Cynthia, Fessenden & Lowell, Hampshire, Lawrence, manufacturing, Merrimack, new, New Hampshire, NH, Oddfellows, Platts, Reeds Ferry, Rindge, Souhegan Lodge, Wheeler Chapel
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