Women of Glendale

Doris Twitchell Allen

Doris Twitchell Allen1901 – 2002 “I believe the ultimate source of peace, long-range, lay with the children.” Born in Maine, Doris received degrees in chemistry and biology from the University of Maine and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Michigan. In 1935, she married Erastus S. Allen, a Glendale patent attorney and moved …

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Louise Knauft Allen

Louise Knauft Allen “I know I am blessed when I am able to help a neighbor.” Best known as Weezie around Glendale, she moved to the Village in 1957. Two years earlier she left the University of Colorado to marry Sam Allen, the great great grandson of a Glendale founder Samuel B. Allen. She’s famous …

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Monica Alles-White

Monica Alles-White “Living in Glendale taught me that everyone has the ability and responsibility to make where they live a better place – that’s a community.” Monica Alles-White holds the record for Glendale’s longest-tenured female Council Member, serving for 16 consecutive years, from 1998 through 2013. During those years, Nikki chaired each of the council …

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Elaine Berry Brockmeier

Elaine Berry Brockmeier1928 – 2002 “She was an energetic, passionate advocate of students and teachers during her long tenure on the school board. . .” Louis B. Brockmeier Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Elaine Berry married Dr. Frederick Brockmeier, III, a Glendale resident, in 1947. She was a talented pianist with a B. A. …

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Nancy Dowd Burton

Nancy Dowd Burton1923 – 1985 “The Village of Glendale, Christ Church, the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio, Planned Parenthood . . . all sorts of organizations work differently because of Nancy.”Peter Briggs, Headmaster Seven Hills School Nancy Dowd Burton was led to activism by her faith. As a member of Christ Church Glendale, she was …

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Mazie Earhart Clark

Mazie Earhart Clark1874 – 1958 “Her innate courage and ambition evidenced itself at various critical states of her life…”Jane Heck Mazie Earhart Clark was the daughter of David and Fanny Earhart. Her mother died when she was five, testing her ambition and courage for the rest of her life. Her husband, George J. Clark, was …

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Cecilia McLaren DeGuere

Cecilia McLaren DeGuere1917 – 1995 Cecilia McLaren DeGuere became the first woman member of Glendale Council, in 1954. A prominent Glendale clubwoman and civic leader, she was appointed by Mayor James Carruthers to succeed Roland W. Richardson. Born in Glendale to John Douglas McLaren and Frances Sherman Rockwell McLaren, Cecilia attended Hillsdale School and the …

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Eleanor Eckstein

Eleanor Eckstein1811 – 1900 Eleanor Eckstein, the namesake of Eckstein School, was a dedicated educator who began teaching black children in a barn behind her house at 45 East Fountain Avenue in 1860. A neighbor, Angie Richardson, recalled that the students were taught “useful skills like sewing and cooking as well as reading and writing.” …

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