Women civic leaders -- Ohio -- Dayton
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Edith McClure Patterson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-231
Abstract
Edith McClure Patterson served on the Dayton Board of Education during the early 1930s and from 1915-1939 she was the first woman to serve on the Ohio Board of Liquor Control. In 1932, she ran unsuccessfully for Congress. Patterson was active in welfare and education work, and made a lifelong study of problems affecting the home and children. Her papers and scrapbooks are a source of information about local Dayton education, budget and thrift, home management, women's clubs, and liquor...
Dates:
1920-1959; Majority of material found within 1920-1935
Found in:
Special Collections
