Louise Kennedy Collection 1870-1947

Kennedy, Sherwood

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Brown, Katharine Kennedy

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A native of Dayton, Ohio, Katharine Kennedy Brown was active in Republican party politics in Ohio beginning in 1920, when she helped found the first Women's Republican Club in her county. She was State Central Committeewoman, 3rd Ohio District (1928-1936), and Republican National Committeewoman for Ohio for over twenty years. She was also active in civic and philanthropic associations, including the Junior League, and fresh-air and day nursery programs. From the description of Papers...

Kennedy, Louise Achey, 1860-1945

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Louise Achey Kennedy (1860-1945) was the only child of John Jacob Achey (1830-1934). She was a charter member of the Jonathan Dayton Chapter of the DAR and a genealogical researcher. She married Grafton Claggett Kennedy (1859-1909) an attorney in the Dayton law firm of Kennedy, Munger, and Kennedy. (The other partners were his half-brother, Eugene and Warren and Harry Munger.) Graften was a staunch Republican, who in 1882 organized the first Montgomery County Board of Elections. ...

Brown, Martha McClellan, 1838-1916.

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Born in Maryland, April 6, 1838, Martha McClellan Brown was a nationally known leader in the 19th and early 20th century temperance movement as well as an advocate of women's rights and suffrage. She was a popular platform lecturer in both the U.S. and England and held important posts in the Independent Order of Good Templars and the National Prohibition Party. She was also one of the founders of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. From 1882 until 1892 she served as vice-president of the Wes...