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Read more about the article She’s A Winner!

She’s A Winner!

  • Post published:March 3, 2020
  • Post category:Women

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS Board Member & Volunteer) A little more than a year after the 19th Amendment was passed and women won the right to vote, Lawrence County…

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Read more about the article Suffrage Pioneer Pamphilia Hardman Phillips

Suffrage Pioneer Pamphilia Hardman Phillips

  • Post published:March 8, 2019
  • Post category:1900-1929/Women

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) Pamphilia Hardman Phillips was a Lawrence County Suffrage Pioneer. She was born on October 31, 1844 in Petersburg, Ohio to Mr. and Mrs. David…

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Read more about the article Women Also Served in the Great War
Nurse Harriet J Eckels

Women Also Served in the Great War

  • Post published:February 8, 2019
  • Post category:1900-1929/War/Women

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) Nurse Harriet J. Eckels was born on April 2, 1888 in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. She and 100 fellow Red Cross nurses and 30 physicians…

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Read more about the article The Red Cross in Lawrence County

The Red Cross in Lawrence County

  • Post published:November 9, 2018
  • Post category:1900-1929/Women

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) The establishment of the American Red Cross in Lawrence County was due in large measure to the untiring efforts of Mrs. William Wallace Clendenin.…

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Read more about the article Brigadier General Marilyn Chiafullo Making History

Brigadier General Marilyn Chiafullo Making History

  • Post published:November 2, 2016
  • Post category:Military/Women

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) The most recent Lawrence County native to attain the rank of Brigadier General is also the County’s first woman to do so. Marilyn Chiafullo…

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Read more about the article New Castle’s First Policewoman: Mrs. Rae Muirhead

New Castle’s First Policewoman: Mrs. Rae Muirhead

  • Post published:June 17, 2014
  • Post category:1900-1929/Law Enforcement/Women

By: Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Volunteer Before women were given the right to vote in Pennsylvania, New Castle had appointed it's first woman police officer. In March 1920, a new…

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Read more about the article First Female Funeral Director in Pennsylvania: Elizabeth May Mangan

First Female Funeral Director in Pennsylvania: Elizabeth May Mangan

  • Post published:June 12, 2014
  • Post category:1900-1929/Women

Elizabeth May Mangan, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Mangan of Allegheny was born in August 1876. She worked as a confidential secretary for her uncle who was a senior member…

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Read more about the article The Flying Wilsons: Maxine and Findley
1947 ESSO Oil ad in an aviation magazine

The Flying Wilsons: Maxine and Findley

  • Post published:June 10, 2014
  • Post category:1930-1949/Women

Maxine Anderson Wilson learned to fly after marrying her husband, pilot Findley Wilson in 1937. In 1939 she was the first District woman to hold a private license, and the…

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Read more about the article Nannie L. Mitcheltree: an Educator
Nannie L. Mitcheltree 1886-1972

Nannie L. Mitcheltree: an Educator

  • Post published:June 5, 2014
  • Post category:Education/Women

A name synonymous with education in New Castle for many years was that of Miss Nannie L. Mitcheltree. Ms. Mitcheltree was born December 11, 1886 in Edinburg. Commuting from Edinburg…

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Read more about the article A Palatial Residence

A Palatial Residence

  • Post published:June 2, 2014
  • Post category:Mansions/Women

By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Volunteer In October 1898, Edwin Ohl's (1850-1922) palatial residence at 208 East Lincoln Avenue, New Castle, was being constructed, a model of elegance and beauty. Completed…

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