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Sometimes, they might inspire us to achieve goals that we had never thought could be accomplished. The local collection honors those women in Michigan who dared to be different. Some of these women integrated male-dominated fields, like firefighting, while others dared to change law, lead businesses, forward higher education, or fight for social justice. These women help shape our dreams and give Michiganians someone local to provide inspiration. Person An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1918 Birthplace Minnesota, United States of America Death Date 2011 Occupation Environmentalist Biographical Text Mary Sinclair (nee Palcich) had a career at the Library of Congress before moving to Midland, MI to work as a technical researcher at the Dow Chemical Company. Her career also included work as a technical writer for the Atomic Energy Commission. In the late 1960s, she opposed a nuclear power plant on the shores of Lake Michigan. Although she lost that battle, she won a fight for environmental safety when stood against a nuclear power plant in Midland, MI. The debate divided the community, but Sinclair continued on. She even debated nuclear power safety with the Vice-President of Consumers Power Co. in 1974. Originally, Consumers had projected that a nuclear power plant to supply energy to Dow Chemical Co. would cost $257 million and be completed in 1972, but the completion date and cost continued to rise. (Midland Daily News, January 15, 2011) Her efforts to raise awareness about Midland's proposed nuclear power plant inspired lasting dedication to protect the environment through the creation of <a href="http://lonetreecouncil.com/">Lone Tree Council</a>. According to Terry Miller (an inaugural member of the group): "Mary raised everyone's consciousness with her grasp of the technical problems, and the human and environmental threats posed by the facility." After her talk, several members including Terry stayed around and decided to march in formal protest--that group inaugurated the Lone Tree Council. Over 5000 people showed up to the 1979 march, including Michael Moore's Huron Alliance. In a conservative community like Midland, this was a major coup. The battle for environmental justice was won when, in 1984, Dow Chemical "abandoned the nuclear reactor site after $4.1 billion and 17 years of effort." (New York Times, December 8, 1992) Sinclair was honored as one of Ms. Magazine's "Twelve Women of the Year" (1984). She earned the honor of being inducted into Michigan's Women's Hall of Fame, as well as being profiled on CBS' "60 Minutes" in 1985. Sinclair taught an Energy and the Environment course at the University of Michigan from 1973-1978. She earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Communications from that university at the age of 75. Sinclair was persecuted for her beliefs, but is a shining example of how one woman can make a difference. Bibliography Breton, Mary Jo. Women Pioneers for the Environment. (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1998). Garland, Anne Witte. Women Activists: Challenging the Abuse of Power. (New York: Feminist Press: City University of New York, 1988). <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/renee-parsons/no-nukes-and-intervening-women_b_1425733.html">Parsons, Renee. "No Nukes and Intervening Women," Huffington Post, April 16, 2012.</a> <a href="http://bentley.umich.edu/legacy-support/conservation/activism.php">Sinclair, Mary. Papers. Bentley Library. Ann Arbor, MI.</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/08/business/battling-nuclear-waste-in-michigan.html">Wald, Matthew. "Battling Nuclear Waste in Michigan," New York Times, December 8, 1992.</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Local (Michigan) Description An account of the resource Local role models provide us with people to look to as we aspire to fulfill our dreams. Sometimes, they might inspire us to achieve goals that we had never thought could be accomplished. The local collection honors those women in Michigan who dared to be different. Some of these women integrated male-dominated fields, like firefighting, while others dared to change law, lead businesses, forward higher education, or fight for social justice. These women help shape our dreams and give Michiganians someone local to provide inspiration. Person An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1905 Birthplace Blanchard, Michigan, USA Death Date 1996 Occupation Scholar and diplomat Biographical Text Born in Blanchard, Michigan, Merze Tate moved from home at the age of 15 and worked as a domestic servant to attend and graduate from high school in 1922. An excellent student, she was the first African American to win the Hinman Oratorical Contest (1921) for her speech, The Negro in the World War. A quote from the speech gives insight into race relations in early 20th century America, "Over two million blacks from Africa, Asia, and America fought for democracy [in that conflict]. Many fought like tigers and became heroes. Whole regiments were decorated for bravery. They died with honor, but they still gained little reward for their service. I plead with this audience and the rest of America to give the Negro race proper recognition. Please forget the differences between white and colored. Respect the Negro's good qualities." (Bernard-Hollins, Michigan History, November/December 2014, p. 36) After saving money for tuition, Tate graduated from Kalamazoo's Western State Normal School (1927), but due to her race she could not find a teaching job in Michigan. She ended up teaching at a segregated school in Indianapolis. During summers, she earned a Master's degree from Columbia University's Teachers Colllege. With funds from a scholarship, Tate then moved to England (1931) and attended Oxford University. By this time, Tate spoke five languages and was fluent in German. She attended classes at the University of Berlin for a while, but left Germany when Hitler became president (she had heard him speak before and was concerned with his sentiments). She returned to England and was the first African American to graduate from Oxford University (Bachelor's degree in Social Studies, 1935). After returning to the States, Tate earned a Ph.D. in Political Sceince from Radcliffe College (1941); she was the first black female to earn that degree. Tate worked in varioius positions in academia throughout her doctoral program. During that time, she wrote two academically acclaimed books, The Disarmament Illusion: The Movement for a Limitation of Armaments to 1907 (New York:MacMillan ad Co., 1942) and The United States and Armaments (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1948). In 1948, she was one of three Americans who represented America at the United Nations' Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. As a result of a Fulbright Scholarship in 1950, she became a traveling scholar in international affairs. A prolific writer, the U.S. State Department commissioned her to write travelogues of the places that she visited. Tate won many awards for her scholarship and published many books and dozens of articles. She used her personal experiences in diplomacy to teach students about foreign affairs. Tate died in 1996 and was buried in her home town. Her legacy speaks to the power of education as a passport to success. Bibliography Bernard-Hollins, Sonya. "Merze Tate: Citizen of the World." 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"Australia and Self-Determination for New Guinea." The Australian Journal of Politics and History 17 (August 1971): 246-59. _____. "Recent Constitutional Developments in Papua and New Guinea." Pacific Affairs 44 (Fall 1971): 421-27. _____. Hawaii: Reciprocity Or Annexation ( Michigan State University Press, 1968). _____. The United States and the Hawaiian Kingdom: A Political History (New Haven, 1965). _____. The United States and Armaments (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1948). _____. The Disarmament Illusion: The Movement for a Limitation of Armaments to 1907 (New York:MacMillan ad Co., 1942). Tate was interviewed for the "Black Women Oral History Project," (The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Person An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1821 Birthplace Germany Death Date 1906 Occupation Midwife Biographical Text Anna Margaretha Auer was an orphan who studied at the Loehe Institute in Neuendettelsau, Germany before emigrating to the United States and becoming one of the founding families of Frankenmuth, Michigan. She married John Picklemann on the ship over to the United States in 1845. Thirteen years after Picklemann's death, she married another founding member of the town, Johann Georg List. She gave birth to ten children, as well as oversaw the births of 61 of her 62 grandchildren. In all, Auer delivered more than 800 babies and never lost a mother or child. Her obituary described her as a "most lovable woman, highly educated, with a kindly disposition, and was loved and respected by all especially the sick, to whom she was a ministering Angel, having been called to their bedsides when medical men of any description were scarce in the wilderness, and as the years passed became noted as a midwife." (Death of a Pioneer, The Frankenmuth News, October 18, 1906) Bibliography For historical information on midwifery, see Laural Thatcher Ulrich "A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard based on her diary, 1785–1812." (Vintage Books, Random House Publishers, 1991). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Person An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1948 Birthplace Iowa City, Iowa, USA Occupation College president Biographical Text Jean Goodnow, Ph.D., is the first female college president in the mid-Michigan region. Growing up on her grandparent's farm in Iowa, Jean Goodnow learned a strong work ethic and compassion for others. Her Grandma and Grandpa Kinney were strong role models. Her grandma always saw the good in people and worked to promote their good traits; her grandpa was a strong and quiet man and Goodnow would help him keep the farm going. Her grandparents were extremely influential in her life, as they reinforced the importance of education and encouraged her to accomplish her goals. Goodnow has an impressive academic career; she earned a BA, MA, and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, a certificate in Presidential Leadership from Harvard University, and has attended numerous professional development seminars, workshops, and conferences. Goodnow's academic track record was one of continual education. She worked the entire time that she was going to school. When she made "one of the best decisions" she has ever made and gave birth to her son, John, she was working full-time and completing her comprehensive exams for a Ph.D.in Higher Education Administration. As a woman coming of age during the Women's Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, Goodnow faced sexual discrimination. She worked in factories during the summers of her undergraduate degree and earned a full $2 less per hour than her male co-workers. Goodnow would not let gender discrimination stand in her way though and went on to help other young women find a career path that suited them. With a Bachelor's degree in Sociology, Goodnow started her post-baccalaureate life working at a rehabilitation center to help emotionally challenged individuals find a career path in which they would thrive. It was while working there that she started a Master's degree program in Rehabilitation Counseling. She left the center to work with women on government assistance to evaluate their career potential. It was in this position that she first had the opportunity to work with a community college—an experience that would change her life and put her on the higher education trajectory. The president of Kirkwood Community College asked her to work as their Rehabilitation Counselor; she had a challenging case load of 300 students, but was successful in writing grants and moving forward to help Kirkwood establish a developmental education program, competency-based curriculum (which gained national attention), experiential learning, and other programs. Goodnow left administration and went into a faculty position, although she had taught while in her other roles. She left Kirkwood when she was recruited to become the Dean of Students at a three-college district in Iowa. She was then recruited to be a Vice-President at North Iowa Community College. At that point, she knew that she wanted to be community college president. Her goal was achieved in the mid-1990s when she became the first female president at Illinois Valley Community College. When she heard that a position for President of Delta College was open, she applied and successfully obtained the position becoming the first female college president in the mid-Michigan area. Bibliography <a href="http://wihe.com/">Women In Higher Education website</a> <a href="http://www.aacu.org/ocww/volume41_1/data.cfm?printer_friendly=1">Diversity at the Top: The American College President 2012</a> Jana Nidiffer and Carolyn Terry Bashaw, eds., Women Administrators in Higher Education: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001). Mimi Wolverton, Beverly Bower, and Adrienne Hyle, Women at the Top: What Women University and College Presidents Say About Effective Leadership (Stylus Publishing, 2008). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Person An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1870 Birthplace Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Death Date 1953 Occupation Physician Biographical Text Longstreet was one of the first (if not the first) female doctors in Saginaw, Michigan. Longstreet grew up in Saginaw and received training as a nurse there, graduating in 1893. Hospital officials encouraged her to study medicine and she graduated with honors from the University of Illinois Medical School in 1904. She was one of 19 women and 200 men in her class. Dr. Longstreet built a sizable general practice in Saginaw, but preferred to specialize in pediatrics. For many years, she was the only staff physician at Saginaw's Children's Hospital. Her patients remembered fondly how she carried candy in her medical bag and how mysterious packages of food and clothing would show up at an indigent patient's house after she made a house call. In 1921, Dr. Longstreet decided to specialize in children only and did postgraduate work in pediatrics in New York City, while attending summer sessions at Harvard University. Dr. Longstreet was also dedicated to the advancement of women and helped coordinate social service groups in Saginaw, founded Saginaw's YWCA, and created a home for girls and one for the aged. She was nominated as Michigan's Outstanding Woman of 1938 and was the first woman to receive Saginaw's highest civic award, Outstanding Citizen of the Year (1940). Bibliography Saginaw Hall of Fame, biographical sketches by Ed Miller and Jean Beach, published by The Saginaw Hall of Fame, 2000. <a href="http://hall.michiganwomen.org/honoree.php?C=162&A=253~20~114~96~172~79~2~62~238~113~263~271~46~280~80~272~3~152~167~74~138~63~92~196~4~242~32~84~48~229~153~231~192~41~129~82~69~109~42~254~93~97~56~175~281~103~273~13~249~260~207~21~126~104~230~5~288~98~131~27~53~38~195~282~139~239~219~106~57~22~147~58~274~107~127~6~255~173~144~286~85~17~148~250~47~261~208~228~49~221~251~43~205~135~168~256~181~33~115~232~176~23~14~75~169~130~162~44~198~204~99~7~118~119~8~136~275~222~50~227~15~157~65~150~108~24~154~170~163~76~9~209~283~110~140~70~264~276~59~155~265~16~158~156~241~60~182~191~257~116~190~28~164~243~125~160~197~279~86~270~193~223~29~266~134~39~159~111~61~177~132~87~52~199~54~35~210~211~64~112~200~183~165~277~245~284~258~100~10~122~71~267~262~240~77~51~94~120~11~259~36~25~244~224~151~178~55~287~88~45~184~128~72~246~78~171~268~233~121~141~180~206~189~269~73~235~123~83~89~145~18~66~26~237~30~212~188~142~220~90~19~40~161~218~133~81~247~225~67~37~248~146~217~91~143~12~236~31~68~1~213~101~117~214~174~102~285~226~278~137~185~124~234~95~216~166~187">Michigan's Women's Hall of Fame</a>, Lansing, Michigan. 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Person An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1847 Birthplace Dixboro, Michigan, USA Death Date 1928 Occupation Lumber company owner Biographical Text Martha Hay (nee Hawkins) was a successful lumber baroness in Saginaw, Michigan. At a time when society eschewed women in business, the death of Hay's husband allowed her an opening to the world of lumber and afforded her the chance to be a leading businesswoman and capitalist. Hay ran a successful sawmill after the death of her husband, James, in 1881. After giving birth to nine children, by all accounts she proved herself a capable industrialist. According to an account of her prowess, "Mrs. Hay is a woman of marked business abilities, which she abundantly showed in the building of her beautiful home in 1877.) (Portrait and Biographical Records, 370) Hay built a three-story mansion that portrayed cutting-edge architectural style and elegant interior design. A philanthropist, it was written that, "many a heart has been made glad through their [James and Martha] quiet and unostentatious beneficence." (Portrait, 370) Newspaper accounts also attest to her wealth. Moreover, she was the only woman to ever be a member of the Tittabawassee Boom Company. A remarkable and organized woman, Hay continued to grow and lead her company through the lumbering heyday. Bibliography <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=NT0VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA370&lpg=PA370&dq=martha+hay+saginaw&source=bl&ots=ZWio7vzhOf&sig=_NptiTuNj_m0U9m2aZFPmUJY1Y8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HuzHU72vM4-vyASo84LgAw&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=martha%20hay%20saginaw&f=false">Portrait and Biographical Record of Saginaw and Bay Counties</a>. (Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co., 1892). <a href="http://www3.delta.edu/michiganremembers/stories/Hay-thornton.htm">Martha Hay--Saginaw's Female Lumber Baron</a>, Mid-Michigan Remembers website, Delta College. 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Person An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1896 Birthplace Barry County, Michigan, USA Death Date 1986 Occupation City leadership Biographical Text Audra Francis was the first female council member of the Saginaw City Council. This action was just one of many that fulfilled a life dedicated to improving the status of women. After active leadership in the local PTA, participation in the Women's Society of Christian Service, and making women's history come alive by dressing up as Mary Lincoln, Grandma Moses, and others, Francis joined Saginaw's Zonta Club in 1941. The club required its members to pledge to: "…improve the legal, political, economic, and professional status of women." By 1947, she was elected president of the club and by 1950 she was a member of the Zonta International Board of Directors. Francis served as president of Zonta International from 1958-1960 and visited clubs in 48 states, all the Canadian provinces, 12 European countries, and Guatemala. She was elected to the Saginaw City Council in 1953 and served for twelve years. Francis was engaged in many civic activities, including fundraising for the YWCA. In 1972, she was elected chair of the Saginaw County Commission. This was yet another female first for the city. Francis died at the age of 90 after a life dedicated to forwarding women's equality and improving the city of Saginaw, Michigan. Bibliography Saginaw Hall of Fame, biographical sketches by Ed Miller and Jean Beach, published by The Saginaw Hall of Fame, 2000. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Person An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1855 Birthplace Colesville, New York, USA Death Date 1902 Occupation Academic leadership Biographical Text Alice Freeman Palmer is a notable figure in women's history. She was one of the United State's greatest educators and became president of Wellesley College. Freeman graduated from the University of Michigan pioneering in the coeducation field. After her graduation, in 1877, she came to Saginaw, Michigan. At the time, Saginaw was in the heyday of its lumbering industry. For many of its young men, work came before schooling, which would make Freeman's job all the more difficult. As principal of Saginaw High School, Freeman encountered a gang of tough boys. She dismissed the leader of the gang from school and restored order at Saginaw High. In 1879,she left to accept a professorship at Wellesley College and became their president at the incredibly young age of 27. Freeman insisted on rigorous academic standards for the women at Wellesley. The college grew during her tenure and her innovative techniques ushered in a golden age for the school. When she married George Palmer, a Harvard professor, she left active leadership at Wellesley, but remained as one of their trustees, and served on the Massachusetts State Board of Education. Palmer was much in demand as a lecturer and for her active participation in numerous education groups. Bibliography <a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/library/etext/bl_palmer_alice_freeman.htm">Palmer's address on the advantages of higher education for women</a> Link to <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CEIQFjAJ&url=http%3A%2F%2Frepository.wellesley.edu%2Fcgi%2Fviewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D1003%26context%3Dwellesleyhistories&ei=FM3HU_jTOJCjyATVrIGgCQ&usg=AFQjCNFZ_MCy5spsTKXsKTRvxLYTl4K2nA&sig2=Dmzh3BRcmfHz9cMvmtRdZw">The Life of Alice Freeman Palmer</a> by George Palmer, Wellesley College Bordin, Ruth. Alice Freeman Palmer: the Evolution of a New Woman. (University of Michigan Press, 1993). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Person An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1915 Birthplace Freeland, Michigan, USA Death Date 1944 Occupation Flight nurse Biographical Text Aleda Lutz was the first American woman to die in combat in World War II. She was born in Freeland, Michigan (a rural town adjacent to Saginaw) and graduated as a nurse from the Saginaw General Hospital School of Nursing in 1937. Soon after receiving her degree though, the world broke out in war. For the first time, women were being called on to do duties that never before had been considered appropriate for their sex. They worked as riveters, mechanics, pilots, and much more. In 1942, Lutz enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps. She was trained in the Aerial Evacuation Service, which revolutionized military medical care by providing flying ambulances controlled by flight nurses. The service (arm of the US Air Force) saved the lives of many wounded soldiers by staffing the planes with flight nurses and getting the wounded to hospitals far from the front lines. When the Allies invaded North Africa in February of 1943, Lutz was sent to Tunisia to evacuate the wounded troops. She went on to save soldiers at the invasion of Anzio, Italy. In 1944, Lutz was transferred from Italy to southern France to evacuate wounded soldiers from the Allied invasion campaign. On November 1, 1944, she was flying patients from the front lines to a hospital in Italy when severe storms downed the plane. She died at the age of 28. At the time of her death, Lutz had flown 196 missions and evacuated over 3500 men. In all, about 500 flight nurses served as members of the medical air evacuation squadrons. Of the 1,176,048 patients that these women evacuated, only 46 died en route. Seventeen flight nurses lost their lives during the war. Lutz was awarded the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters. Posthumously, she was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with six oak leaf clusters, the first honor of its kind made to an army nurse in WWII. In 1945, a US Army hospital ship was named after her and, in 1990, the Saginaw Veterans Hospital was rededicated in her name. A stele marks the crash site near Doizieux, France, which notes that Lutz was the first American woman who died in action during WWII. Bibliography <a href="http://www.aerosteles.net/fiche.php?code=doizieux-c47&lang=en">Picture of stele that marks her crash site</a> <a href="https://miwf.org/timeline/aleda-e-lutz/" title="Michigan Women's Hall of Fame">Michigan Women's Hall of Fame</a> Saginaw Hall of Fame, biographical sketches by Ed Miller and Jean Beach, published by The Saginaw Hall of Fame, 2000. Inducted in 1993. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Person An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1876 Birthplace Saginaw, Michigan, USA Death Date 1959 Occupation Higher education Biographical Text Dr. Agnes Wells was a Saginaw-born woman who was one of the nation's leading educators and an ardent support of women's equal rights. After being a principal in a high school in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and then at teacher of mathematics at Duluth High School, Wells became a faculty member at the University of Michigan in 1917. She was also the dean of women for two years. Wells left U of M to serve as Dean of Women at Indiana University and taught mathematics and astronomy after retiring from her administrative post. She founded a $1 million fellowship fund for the American Association of University Women and also belonged to the American Association of Deans of Women, and the American Association of University Professors. In 1949, she became chair of the National Woman's Party. The NWP had fought successfully for a constitutional amendment enfranchising women and after passage of the 19th amendment sought an Equal Rights Amendment. Upon reading a newspaper editorial which advised women that the 14th amendment doesn't mention sex (it does mention persons), she reportedly replied, "Women are persons, aren't they?" (Saginaw Hall of Fame, 2000). Bibliography Saginaw Hall of Fame, biographical sketches by Ed Miller and Jean Beach, published by The Saginaw Hall of Fame, 2000. Link to archival collection on Wells: <a href="http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~sch00957">http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~sch00957</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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