an amazing book this is! I live in the Cleveland area and I learned a lot about some of the old names which we see about town each and every day.
These were women born or married into sometimes privileged and wealthy families or those who made names for themselves by their good works.
Names such as Mary Grossman, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Flora Stone Mather, Alice Tyler, Eleanor Edwards Ledbetter and Lucinda Thayer Guilford leap off the pages.
Of course, there are also unique personalities, such as Cassie Chadwick, a nineteenth century entrepreneur and forger who fled Canada and married a local Cleveland businessman in only eleven days.
The law finally caught up with her and she was incarcerated, Following her parole, she wed Dr, Leroy Chadwick, then proceeded to borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars by claiming that she was Andrew Carnegie's illegitimate daughter! She spent money like water, defrauded the government and a bank in Oberlin as well.
Once again, she wound up in prison,
I remember walking in Halle's Department store, which no longer exists, Higbee's and May Company,
all with their lavish fashion shows and outstanding Christmas displays.
The women in this book shopped there, too, raised their families in this thriving American city and helped to shape so many lives.
They were pioneers, trend setters, suffragettes, warriors for freedom and so much more, We owe them our thanks for finding the courage to present us with the world in which we live today, Overfascinating historical photographs and a lively text chronicle the changing roles of women and their contributions to the life of the city of Cleveland from pioneer times to the present.
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