You are very welcome! I enjoyed sharing the local history of Gallia County's interesting women. Marjorie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Hobart" <slhobart@sbcglobal.net> To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 8:47 PM Subject: RE: [OHGALLIA-L] Woman's Histoy Month > Thanks for posting. This was very interesting! > > Sharon > Ft. Worth, TX > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marjorie L. Gilliam Wood [mailto:woodchuck@eurekanet.com] > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 10:02 PM > To: OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] Woman's Histoy Month > > > Sorry I forgot to sign my name to the last post. > > Continuing, > > "Mad" Ann Bailey was a scout and spy during the Revolutionary War era who > later settled in Harrison Twp. She was well known for her daring feats, > skill with a rifle and exert horsemanship. > > Bernice Borden was a dynamic educator and church leader in the local > African-American Community. She taught for more than 40 years in the local > school district and was known and respected for pushing young black children > to do their best. She was a leader in the Boy Scouts locally and was also > nationally known as an educator and church leader. > > Lillian Mitchell was the daughter of Robert Mitchell who sued the Gallipolis > City School district to end its policy of segregation in the early 1900's. > She attended Lincoln Colored School in Gallipolis and attend Gallia Academy > after it was integrated. She later became the dean of music at Howard > University in Washington, DC. > > Alma Holzer, was the wife of Dr. Charles E. Holzer Sr. and founded the > Holzer School of Nursing, which is now based at the University of Rio > Grande. > > Ella Lupton was the first female doctor in Gallia County. She set up > practice near the turn of the century between the late 1800's and early > 1900's . She died at the age of 99. > > Hannah Maxon was a Civil War Nurse and considered to be the "Florence > Nightingale of Gallia County" She worked at the Civil War hospital that was > located at the site of the present day Gallipolis Development Center. > > Marie Menager was one of the French 500 which settled in Gallipolis in 1790 > and was portrayed by one of her descendants. > > Permila Atwood along with her husband Nehemiah Atwood founded Rio Grande > College in 1876. Nehemiah Atwood died in 1869 but Permilia carried on the > work of seeing the college become a reality. It is the present day > University of Rio Grande. > > Irene Miles (we did not have a portrayer) but we had found this woman to be > very interesting. She was the leader of the Woman's Temperance Union. She > waged war against the use of alcohol in Gallia County and helped close > several local saloons. > > This is just a brief history of these woman, more can be found at the Gallia > County Historical & Genealogical Society. > > Marjorie L. Wood > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. > > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > For those of you on Digest mode, please don't quote the entire digest when replying. Also, check your subject line; making it meaningful will increase your chances of being read. > > > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm >