Somerville, Nellie Nugent, 1863-1952.
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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Birth 1863
Death 1952
