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Category: Fairview Women

A Familiar Face

A Familiar Face

Posted on July 2, 2022January 31, 2023 by Fairview Area Historical Society
Ninety-one years ago, May 29, 1931, to be exact, a record-setting pilot with a familiar face took off in an autogyro (see featured photo*) in an attempt to be the...... Read More
Fairview's First New Mother

Fairview’s First New Mother

Posted on May 7, 2022May 7, 2022 by Fairview Area Historical Society
With the arrival of Mother’s Day Weekend a serious oversight has surfaced.  Nothing has ever been written about the first woman in the township who became a mother.  Using the...... Read More
Adena Miller Rich

Adena Miller Rich

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Fairview Area Historical Society
Women’s History Month (March) is quickly coming to an end, which prompts a look at Fairview’s women once again. One accomplished Fairview woman has been somewhat overlooked. Her parents’ home...... Read More
Some of Fairview's Outstanding Women

Some of Fairview’s Outstanding Women

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Fairview Area Historical Society
Today’s posting is the last in the series of Fairview’s Outstanding Women…  Not that there are no more outstanding women in Fairview, but rather, it is simply time to wind...... Read More
Women and World War II

Women and World War II

Posted on November 24, 2020December 1, 2020 by Fairview Area Historical Society
It was inevitable that the U.S. entered World War II. President Roosevelt knew it, so he ran for a third term in 1940.  He wanted to be at the helm,...... Read More
Fairview's Elected Women

Fairview’s Elected Women

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Fairview Area Historical Society
During the recent elections we were reminded that Fairview had some outstanding women in this category too. Three quickly come to mind. Originally the township and borough operated their own...... Read More
A Female Pilot?  Come on!

A Female Pilot? Come on!

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Fairview Area Historical Society
If ever a woman might be described as a “flapper,” it would be Elizabeth Ann Eberhart.  She was from Kansas, graduated from Kansas State University in journalism and had come...... Read More
A Noble Service

A Noble Service

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Fairview Area Historical Society
By June 1918, a little more than a year after the U.S. declared war on Germany, about 650,000 American soldiers were in France, with more coming every day.  On June...... Read More
Being an Outstanding School Teacher

Being an Outstanding School Teacher

Posted on October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 by Fairview Area Historical Society
School teachers early in the 1900s were not required to have much training.  In fact, the day after a person finished his or her high school years he or she...... Read More
One of the Area's Best and Noblest Women

One of the Area’s Best and Noblest Women

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Fairview Area Historical Society
In June 1915 a young woman met the ships arriving in New York that might be carrying passengers from the ill-fated British Passenger Liner RMS Lusitania.  She arranged for dock...... Read More
Women Helping Others

Women Helping Others

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Fairview Area Historical Society
By 1895 organized groups for women who wanted to help those in need beyond their own immediate circles included the well-known Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), the Woman’s Club and...... Read More
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