Caroline McCullough Everhard
American suffragist (1843-1902)
Caroline Jane McCullough Everhard (September 14, 1843 – April 14, 1902) was an American banker and suffragist, president of the Ohio Suffrage Association.
Early life
Caroline Jane McCullough was born on September 14, 1843, in Massillon, Ohio, to Nancy Warriner (née Melendy) and Thomas McCullough. Her father was a bank president. She attended Massillon High School. One of her teachers at school in Massillon was abolitionist Betsy Mix Cowles. As a teenager, she attended a lecture by Lucretia Mott, adding another example of female activism to her early experiences. She graduated valedictorian from Brooke Hall in Media, Pennsylvania, in 1862.
Career
In 1885, Caroline McCullough Everhard was appointed to her late father's position on the board of directors of the Union Bank in Massillon, making her the first woman bank director in Ohio. She also founded the town's humane society, public library, and women's cemetery association. In 1889, she represented her local suffrage association at the Ohio state convention.
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