Description: Photograph of aviator Jerrie Mock of Bexley, Ohio, receiving an award at Women's Recognition Day as she is inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame, 1979. Pauline Riel is pictured handing her the award, with Billie Sewell, a member of the organization's advisory council, seen at left. Mock was being inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame for her remarkable accomplishment of completing the first solo flight around the world by a woman, made in a single-engine Cessna 180 named "The Spirit of Columbus" in 1964. Pauline Riel was an Ohio educator and active volunteer who was later inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1993. The Ohio Women's Hall of Fame honor women who have played a significant role in Ohio's history through their trailblazing contributions, and who serve as inspiration and role models for future generations. The Hall of Fame is administered by the Women's Bureau of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, which began the program in 1978. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1869_B04F17_02
Subjects: Women air pilots--United States; Ohio Women's Hall of Fame; Women--Ohio--History; Aviation--History; Awards;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Aviator Jerrie Mock (at left) of Bexley, Ohio, pictured with Marjorie Whiteman at Women's Recognition Day at the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame, 1979. Mock was being inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame for her remarkable accomplishment of completing the first solo flight around the world by a woman, made in a single-engine Cessna 180 named "The Spirit of Columbus" in 1964. Marjorie Whiteman was being inducted the same day for her contributions to the field of law, including her roles as legal advisor to Eleanor Roosevelt, advisor to ten Secretaries of State over a span of 40 years, vice president of the American Society of International Law, and author of "Digest of International Law." The Ohio Women's Hall of Fame honor women who have played a significant role in Ohio's history through their trailblazing contributions, and who serve as inspiration and role models for future generations. The Hall of Fame is administered by the Women's Bureau of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, which began the program in 1978. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1869_B04F17_01
Subjects: Women air pilots--United States; Aviation--History; Awards; Ohio Women's Hall of Fame; Women--Ohio--History; Law & legal affairs;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Helen Grace McClelland of Fredericktown, Ohio when she was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame in 1978. She served with the Army Nurses Corps in France and Belgium during World War I. McClelland received the Distinguished Service Cross, the military's second highest honor, when she assisted a wounded nurse during a bombing on the casualty clearing station. She was also recognized by England with the Royal Red Cross, First Class for her bravery. After the war she continued her nursing career at Pennsylvania Hospital, where she served as director of nursing from 1933-1956. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02730
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; World War I; Nurses
Places: Knox County (Ohio)
 

Description: Jacquelyn Mayer with her husband, John Townsend, and her daughter, Kelly, after being inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame, October 22, 1997. Mayer was from Sandusky, Ohio, and won the Miss America pageant in 1962. She later went on to help found the National Stroke Association and served as a spokesperson for the American Heart Association. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03488
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Miss America Pageant
 

Description: Clara Weisenborn at Women's Recognition Day, a program associated with the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame, in 1979. She represented Montgomery County in the Ohio General Assembly from 1953-1966. In 1966 she was elected to the Ohio Senate and served two terms until she lost to Neal Zimmers in 1974. Weisenborn was an advocate of women's rights and became one of the first women to serve as a committee chair in the Ohio legislature. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02750
Subjects: Montgomery County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1950-1959, this photograph shows notorious Ohio Reformatory for Women inmate Velma West, who was serving a life sentence for beating her husband to death with a hammer for refusing to take her to a bridge game. She and another inmate escaped the Reformatory in 1939, but were captured and returned to the prison. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville, Ohio, with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archived Series 1679 AV consists of 234 photographs which illustrate daily life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, as well as photographs of the buildings and grounds, superintendents Marguerite Reilley and Martha Wheeler. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00177
Subjects: Correctional institutions--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ohio Reformatory for Women inmates loading crops into truck, ca. 1950-1959. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00184
Subjects: Union County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ohio Reformatory for Women inmate in her room, ca. 1950-1959. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00185
Subjects: Union County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ohio Reformatory for Women inmate scrubbing floor, ca. 1950-1959. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00187
Subjects: Correctional institutions--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ohio Reformatory for Women inmate holding a suitcase, ca. 1950-1959. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00189
Subjects: Correctional institutions--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken on April 26, 1930, this photograph shows an aerial view of the Ohio Women's Reformatory in Marysville, Ohio. In 1911, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the establishment of a separate women’s penal institution. On September 1, 1916, the Ohio Reformatory for Women opened in Marysville with a population of 34 inmates. When Marguerite Reilley was appointed superintendent of the Reformatory in 1935, she found dirty and unkempt inmates with excessively restricted living habits. She instituted the “human being” program which provided recreation, entertainment, jobs, and vocational training for the inmates. State Archives Series 6591 AV consists of 128 black and white aerial photographs of Ohio state properties, such as hospitals, universities and colleges, parks, lakes, and reservoirs, and prisons. The photographs were taken in the spring of 1930 by the 112th Photo Section of the 37th Division Air Services. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA6591AV_B01_001
Subjects: Marysville (Ohio); Aerial photographs; Ohio Reformatory for Women; Prisons; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Marysville (Ohio); Union County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard with a color image of the Seal of Ohio with a woman's face in the center. The woman's face is framed by the rising sun and the slogan "Let Ohio Women Vote." This original illustration is identified in the September 1912 issue of Life and Labor (published by the National Women's Trade Union League) as a poster done by Cornelia Cassady-Davis of Cincinnati for the "Votes for Women" campaign. Born just east of Cincinnati in Cleves, Ohio, Cassady-Davis was a graduate of the Cincinnati Academy of Art, and later taught there from 1891-1897. The postcard was sent from Columbus, Ohio, by Elizabeth J. House to Mrs. C. L. Martzolff in Athens, Ohio, 1915. On the back of the postcard Mrs. House has written "I am sending you papers about the plan of organization &c ..." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01124
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Social movements; Social reformers; Women artists--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)