RUMBOLD, CHARLOTTE MARGARET (28 Dec. 1869-2 July 1960), was active in urban planning in 2 cities, St. Louis, Mo., and Cleveland. Daughter of Thomas Frazier and Charlotte Rumbold, she was born in Belleville, Illinois, graduated from Columbia University and studied social work in Europe. Rumbold worked in St.
Category: Women/Gender
SADATAKI, MARY HATA (13 Nov. 1916-24 Aug. 1993) was a teacher at a Japanese relocation camp, a founding member in 1965 of the Cleveland Japanese-American Foundation, and, together with her husband, William, helped develop the Cleveland Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.
SANCHEZ, GENEVIEVE (9 Oct. 1918-9 Aug. 1993) was one of Cleveland's greatest sandlot stars.
Born in Cleveland to John and Mary Shnel Peck, Genevieve grew up in the SLAVIC VILLAGE neighborhood and graduated from South High School. In high school she lettered three times in track.
SCHULTE, LAURETTA (OBERLE) (24 Jan. 1902-3 Jan. 1993), licensed funeral director for half a century, was born in Cleveland, the daughter of John and Mary O'Hearn Oberle.
SCRANTON, IRENE HICKOX (1800-15 Mar. 1858), educator, churchwoman, and benefactor, was born in Durham, N.Y., daughter of David and Phebe (Post) Hickox. She came to Kinsman, Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1817, and taught school there for 3 successive summers. She returned East in 1820 to attend Female Academy in Litchfield, Conn., subsequently returning to Kinsman and opening a boarding school for young ladies.
SEID, RUTH. See SINCLAIR, JO.
SHAW, ELSA VICK (28 Jan. 1891-28 March 1974) was a Cleveland artist especially noted for her work in design. A native Clevelander, she and her future husband GLENN M.
SHEPHERD, DOROTHY G. PAYER (15 Aug. 1916-13 Aug.
SHERWIN, BELLE (20 Mar. 1868-9 July 1955), was a notable reform activist and a suffragist who led the national LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS (LWV) during 1924-1934.
SINCLAIR, JO (1 July 1913-3 April 1995) was the pen name Ruth B. Seid used to write award-winning fiction. Sinclair won the biennial Harper publishing prize of $10,000 in 1946 for Wasteland, her first novel. Sinclair was born in Brooklyn, NY, the fifth child and third daughter of Ida Kravetsky Seid and Nathan Seid, Russian-Jewish immigrants. The family moved to Cleveland when Sinclair was 3.
The SISTERS OF CHARITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE were organized in Cleveland as a diocesan religious community in 1852 by Bp. AMADEUS RAPPE to care for the sick. Originally 2 Augustinian nuns and 2 young women had come to Cleveland to carry out this work. The 2 nuns returned to France, and Bp.
The SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME in Cleveland, who arrived in 1874, represent the first U.S. location of this international Roman Catholic religious order. Once the motherhouse for the order, this province spawned provincial centers in Covington, KY (1924), Toledo, OH (1924) and Thousand Oaks, CA (1961).
The SISTERS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, part of a worldwide Roman Catholic order (which includes the contemplative Sisters of the Cross and the active Religious of the Good Shepherd), have worked among homeless and delinquent WOMEN and girls in Cleveland since 1869.
SNOW, DORCAS LAVINA (27 July 1902-13 April 1994) was a nationally known piano and music teacher as well as a local historian of the BRECKSVILLE area.
SOCIAL MISSION SISTERS OF THE HOLY GHOST were invited by Bp. JOSEPH SCHREMBS to work in Cleveland before WORLD WAR I, but due to wartime and postwar conditions, the first sisters, Sr. Hildegarde and Sr. Judith, did not arrive until 1922.
STAIR, PATTY (12 Nov. 1869-26 April 1926) was a distinguished figure in Cleveland music circles during the first quarter of the 20th century. She was a Cleveland native and niece of Edwin Stair, a well-known tenor.
STANDIFORD, ETHEL CONWAY (3 January 1871 - 9 May 1963) won prizes for her photographs of Cleveland's elite of the 1920s and 1930s at the CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART's MAY SHOWS; collections of her work are held by the WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY and the
STASHOWER, HILDEGARDE DARMSTADTER (23 Dec. 1902-30 Apr. 1994) was a leading figure in the early growth and the continuing development of the CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE.
The STELLA WALSH CONTROVERSY was a high-profile affair that began soon after WALSH, (WALASIEWICZ), STELLA (STANISLAWA) was shot to death in a parking lot during an attempted robbery on December 4,
STERLING HOUSE. See WOMEN'S PROTECTIVE ASSN.
STONEWALL CLEVELAND was a gay civil rights organization established in April, 1990 that operated through 1992 with the purpose of serving as the political voice of the lesbian and gay community in Northeastern Ohio.
STRONG, ELEANOR PAINTER (12 Sept. 1891-3 Nov. 1947), singer, actress and author, settled in Cleveland after a 19-year career as an operetta star. Strong was born in Walkerville, IA. She spent part of her childhood in Colorado and later went to New York City to become a singer. She studied singing in Berlin, Germany (1912) and sang in Covent Garden in London the next year.
TAFT, FRANCES PRINDLE (12 Dec. 1921 - 14 May 2017) was an influential arts educator and Cleveland civic leader.
TAYLOR, SOPHIA ELIZABETH STRONG (5 May 1861-25 Sept. 1936) was principal owner of the WILLIAM TAYLOR & SON COMPANY department store from 1892 until her death. She was also known for her philanthropies, including St. Luke's Convalescent Home and missionary activities of the Presbyterian church.
TENESY, ROSE L. GERAK (19 June 1890-16 Aug. 1992), who claimed to have voted in every election since WOMEN gained the franchise in 1920, was the first woman ward leader for the CUYAHOGA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY (1920-40).