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Title
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Local (Michigan)
Description
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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.
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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.) (<em>Portrait and Biographical Records</em>, 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." (<em>Portrait</em>, 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"><em>Portrait and Biographical Record of Saginaw and Bay Counties</em></a>. (Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co., 1892).<br /><br /><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.<br /><br />On lumbering in Michigan see, Jeremy Kilar, <em>Michigan's Lumbertowns: Lumbermen and Laborers in Saginaw, Bay City, and Muskegon, 1870-1905</em>. (Wayne State University Press, 1990).
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Martha Hay
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Business/lumber
Description
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Female lumber company owner in late 19th c.
Creator
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Amy French
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Image: Mid-Michigan Remembers
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