Women of Northwest Ohio Spotlights

Rose LaRose (1919 - 1972)

Christened Rose LaRose by a sign painter, Rose DePella adopted the name and became a nationally known Burlesque Queen through the 1940s and 50s. 

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Georgette L. Engler (1901 - 1975)
Josephine Fassett (1884 - 1975)
Frances Alexander Belcher (1912 - 1963)
Edna E. Sharritt (1903 - 1971)
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Margaret Slater (1892 - 1965)
Irene Ambers Hill
Mary Mewborn Gillham (1899 - 1986)
Elizabeth Cumming Walbridge (1870 - 1949)
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Olive Colton (1873 - 1972)
Dr. Sara Davies (1866 - 1950)
Amanda Free Baxter (1882 - 1965)
Catharine Sloan Eberly (1922 - 1979)
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Harriet Whitney Collins (1814 - 1903)
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Florence Hartman Wells (1901 - 1963)
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