Mrs Joseph K Thompson Leads Woman's Board at Atlanta Exposition
The Brooklyn Five reports Mrs Joseph K Thompson as head of the Atlanta exposition Woman's Board, praised for executive skill and social leadership. Her background as daughter of Col Minning and wife of Kimball House owner is noted, with emphasis on southern charm and wealth enabling active participation. The piece contrasts her role with broader debates on women balancing household duties and public work, citing views on scientific shirking and the place of women in banking and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanta
The
Brooklyn
Five
Joseph K. Thompson
Potter Palmer
Thoprpson
Minning
Atlanta
Joseph K
Thompson
Billo
Joseph Thompson
Kimball House
Mina Mimmns
New York Press
Chicago Post
Frances Willard’s Early Romance and Temperance Rise
A New York World piece recalls Frances E. Willard’s youth and her choice to reject a tobacco-using suitor who could not share her temperance ideals. She remained single to lead the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, while he pursued a church career. The article also comments on overworked women and the strain of modern duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances E. Willard
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Miss Willard
Christian Temperance Unions
Great Northwest
National Woman’s’ Christian Temperance Union
United States
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York World
Summer wardrobes and Ireland’s purse protector in fashion
A fragment discusses women’s spending on summer outfits and a new wrist and finger purse design by Mrs. Pery of Kinvara Ireland. It contrasts old views with Dr Foote’s remarks on women’s growing identity and roles beyond traditional household duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Pery
Kinwarra
Ireland
New York Advertiser
Five Brooklyn women named to board of education
Mayor Schieren appoints Emma Pettingill Elizabeth Perry Isabella Chapman Mary Jacobs and Henry A Powell as education board members noting each woman’s background from teaching stenography to club leadership and church work. Southern pride blocks early honors as UNC grants LL D to Mrs Cornelia Spencer for long service to the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Schieren
Brooklyn
Emma Pettingill
Elizabeth H. Perry
Isabella M. Chapman
Mary. J. Jacobs
Henry A. Powell
Packer Institute
Portnightly
Board of
Miss Chapman
Dr. Chapman
League of Royal Citizens
Jacobs
Andrew Jacobs
Sixth Ward
Woman’s Club
Second Unitarian Church
Powell
Leo Ayerne Congregational Church
Girls’ Improvement Club
Bedford Avenue
Health Protective Association
Philadelphia Ledger
Remarkable Women Figures Across North America and Europe
A survey notes heroic Arctic explorer wife Mrs. Josephine D Peary fundraising for a rescue expedition while lecturing for funds. Mrs Georges William Curtis active in charity and horsemanship in Staten Island. Austria and Prussia debate women physicians status and new cloth spun from animal fibers in Lyons. Albany considers police matrons and school board female members. Utah women push voting rights. Minnesota forms a Ramsey county suffrage auxiliary. Pittsburgh Humane Society bans young girls selling papers on streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine D. Peary
Peary
Greenland
New York Advertiser
Lamp Clash Over Wet Footfall Sparks Domestic Row
In a dramatic exchange Mrs Denis laments rain on arrival while Mr Denis excuses himself. Bridget scolds him as a lamp is smashed during a quarrel labeled in the fourth scene. The fragment ends with an exclamatory cry.
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Wonans
James I. Eckels
Foote
Brooklyn Five
University of North Carolina
Cornelia Phillips Spencer
Spencer
Wordsworth
Lucy Snow
Werolo
George William Curtis
Richmond Terrace
Staten Island
Curtis
Austria
Baroness Possaner
Prussia
Lyons
Albany
Utah
Boston Transcript
Ramsey County
Minnesota Woman
Suffrage Association
St. Paul
Humane Society of
Seone
Texas Siftings
Johnny
Victor
Eymnastics
Victor Athletic Goods
Boston
Overman Wheel CO
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Denver
Detroit
Portland
Thompson & Reynolds
Dillon, Montana
VAL Blatz
Milwaukee Beer
Bannack St
Poindexter & Orr
Montana
Farmer
Charleston, Coles Co
I. A
Sataig
Branch
Main St
Will House
E. HM. Will
Broadway and
Arizona
Butte
Mont
Farrow
Military Encyclopedia
War Department
America
Europe
Military-Naval Publishing CO
Broadway
New York City
Gorin
Umn & Co
Bam
Mann & CO
Onnabeat
Dubois & Dubois
Washington, D. C
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