Somerville, Nellie Nugent, 1863-1952.

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Nellie Nugent Somerville, a pioneer in Mississippi work for women's rights and the first woman to be elected to the state House of Representatives, was active in the Mississippi Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the First Methodist Church of Greenville, the Monteagle Assembly, the Mississippi Woman Suffrage Association, and women's clubs.

Lucy Somerville Howorth (1895- ), Somerville's daughter, a lawyer and also a representative in the Mississippi Legislature, has been associated with the Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Jackson, Miss., and Washington, D.C., and the National and International Federations of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the American Association of University Women, Women in World Affairs, and the Assembly of Women's Organizations for National Security. In 1927, she was appointed U.S. Commissioner for the Southern District of Mississippi.

From the description of Somerville and Howorth family Additional papers, 1850-1983 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 539584885

Somerville, a pioneer in Mississippi work for women's rights and the first woman to be elected to the state House of Representatives, was active in the Mississippi Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the First Methodist Church of Greenville, the Monteagle Assembly, the Mississippi Woman Suffrage Association, and women's clubs.

Lucy Somerville Howorth (1895- ), Somerville's daughter, a lawyer and also a representative in the Mississippi Legislature, has been associated with the Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Jackson, Miss., and Washington, D.C., and the National and International Federations of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the American Association of University Women, Women in World Affairs, and the Assembly of Women's Organizations for National Security. In 1927, she was appointed U.S. Commissioner for the Southern District of Mississippi.

From the description of Somerville and Howorth family papers, 1850-1983 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122521424

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referencedIn Somerville and Howorth family papers, 1850-1974 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn McCulloch, Catharine Waugh, 1862-1945. Papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1869-1945 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Somerville and Howorth family papers, 1850-1974 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn McCulloch, Catharine Waugh, 1862-1945. Papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon collection, 1869-1945 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Ullian, Frieda Silbert, 1900-1982. Papers, 1950-1971 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Additional papers of the Somerville and Howorth family, 1850-1989 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Hawks, Joanne V. Lecture, 1985. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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associatedWith American Association of University Women. corporateBody
associatedWith Assembly of Women's Organizations for National Security. corporateBody
associatedWith Beauchamp family. family
associatedWith Beauchamp family. family
associatedWith Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore, 1877-1947. person
associatedWith Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. person
associatedWith Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Jackson, Miss. corporateBody
associatedWith Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Washington, D.C. corporateBody
associatedWith Catharine Gouger (Waugh) McCullouch, 1862-1945 person
associatedWith Daughters of the American Revolution. corporateBody
associatedWith Democratic National Convention (1924 : New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Dewson, Molly, 1874-1962. person
associatedWith Donlon, Mary. person
associatedWith Edwards, India. person
associatedWith Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. person
associatedWith First Methodist Church (Greenville, Miss.) corporateBody
associatedWith Harrison, Ella, 1859-1933. person
associatedWith Hawks, Joanne V. person
associatedWith Hickey, Margaret. person
associatedWith Howorth, Lucy Somerville, 1895-1997. person
associatedWith Hughes, Sarah T. (Sarah Tilghman), 1896-1985. person
associatedWith International Congress of Working Women. corporateBody
associatedWith International Council of Women. corporateBody
associatedWith International Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. corporateBody
associatedWith International Federation of University Women. corporateBody
associatedWith Kendall, Mary Louise. person
associatedWith Kross, Anna Moscowitz. person
associatedWith McCulloch, Catharine Waugh, b. 1862. person
associatedWith Methodist Church corporateBody
associatedWith Mississippi. House of Representatives. corporateBody
associatedWith Mississippi Woman's Christian Temperance Union. corporateBody
associatedWith Mississippi Woman's Suffrage Association. corporateBody
associatedWith Mississippi Woman's Suffrage Association. corporateBody
associatedWith National American Woman Suffrage Association. corporateBody
associatedWith National Association of Women Lawyers. corporateBody
associatedWith National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. corporateBody
associatedWith Nugent, Eleanor Fulkerson Smith, 1844-1866. person
associatedWith Nugent, William Lewis, 1832-1897. person
associatedWith Randolph-Macon Woman's College. corporateBody
associatedWith Rawalt, Marguerite, 1895- person
associatedWith Riley, Susan B., 1896-1973. person
associatedWith Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. person
associatedWith Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919. person
associatedWith Smith, S. Myra Cox, 1822-1887. person
associatedWith SOMERVILLE-HOWORTH FAMILY family
associatedWith Somerville, Keith Frazier. person
associatedWith Southern Conference on Human Welfare. corporateBody
associatedWith Southern Conference on Human Welfare. corporateBody
associatedWith Thomson, Amelia Lewis, 1799- person
associatedWith Ullian, Frieda Silbert, 1900-1982. person
associatedWith United Daughters of the Confederacy. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. President's Commission on the Status of Women. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Veteran's Administration. corporateBody
associatedWith Woman's Centennial Congress (1940) corporateBody
associatedWith Woman's Christian Temperance Union. corporateBody
associatedWith Woodward, Ellen Sullivan, 1887-1971. person
associatedWith Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. person
associatedWith Young Women's Christian Association of Mississippi. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
United States
Tennessee
Mississippi
Tennessee
Mississippi
Southern States
Subject
Slavery
Genealogy
Physicians
Temperance
Women
Women
Women
Women
Women in church work
Women in the civil service
Women lawyers
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Birth 1863

Death 1952

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