Tag Archives: Women’s History

Davenporters of Note: Lottie Boies Clapp

Posted on March 20, 2013 by SCblogger

Women’s History Month provides reminders of the importance of the contributions of women to our present society, culture, and communities.  Many women did this by filling traditional roles, but others took on non-traditional, necessary tasks—and some of them were the … Continue reading →

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Kathryn Kirschbaum: First Woman Mayor of Davenport

Posted on March 25, 2010 by SCblogger

Kathryn Kirschbaum was born August 30, 1931, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Frank and Esther (Kiplinger) Goll. She graduated from Denison College in Grandville, Ohio, in 1953 with a degree in “Citizenship”. She was First Lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps … Continue reading →

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Equality through Education: Phebe W. Sudlow*

Posted on March 4, 2010 by SCblogger

Phebe W. Sudlow often appears of lists of ‘firsts’ for the positions she held throughout her career as an educator.  Most, if not all of these related to her gender: Ms. Sudlow was the first female school superintendent in Iowa … Continue reading →

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Come Josephine in My Flying Machine

Posted on March 24, 2008 by swesson

Come Josephine in My Flying Machine, Going up she goes! Up she goes! Balance yourself like a bird on a beam, In the air she goes! There she goes! Up, up, a little bit higher, Oh! My! The moon is … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Women’s History Month: Women’s Art – Women’s Vision

Posted on March 18, 2008 by swesson

The 2008 Women’s History Month theme asks us to honor and recall the originality, imagination and multiple dimensions of women’s lives. A fine example of this would be 70-year-old Mrs. Mary E. Gensley who received a patent in December 1918 … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Women

Posted on March 3, 2008 by swesson

Without women, the Davenport Public Library would not be here today, and this space would be taken up with a lament on the city’s shocking illiteracy rates. Sure, Andrew Carnegie was the one who challenged Davenporters to vote for a … Continue reading →

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