Tag Archives: Women’s History Month

Alice Carr, WWI Red Cross Nurse

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Lisa Rickey

Alice Griffith Carr was born in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1887, the youngest daughter of William and Mary (Ladley) Carr.  Her maternal grandfather, Rev. D. F. Ladley, was among the founders of Antioch College, and her father was the founder … Continue reading →

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Virginia Kettering

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Bill McIntire

Born July 14, 1907 in Bellevue, Kentucky, Virginia Weiffenbach was the only child of architect Norman Weiffenbach and his wife Clara. Virginia moved to Dayton with her parents when she was a small child, where she first met Eugene Kettering … Continue reading →

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Erma Bombeck

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Bill McIntire

Erma Louise Bombeck was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper column that described suburban home life from the mid-1960s until the late 1990s. Bombeck also published 15 books in her life. From 1965 to 1996, Bombeck … Continue reading →

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