I'm pulling some stuff out that I had saved as drafts in the last few months. I am deeply in awe of these women trail blazers. This one I stumbled on because she is from the Boyfriend's hometown. She's on their website. Which led me to the New York State Senate site. I suppose NY is claiming her as their own. I can't quite remember the cataloging rules for nationalities anymore. I'm definitely not sure about states--anybody out there who can help me out? Actually, she deserves recognition from both places.
“All those interested in educational progress owe a debt of gratitude to the late Mrs. Winifred Edgerton Merrill...in the old battle for their higher education, in which she played so notable a part.”
Search the NY Times free archive for the school--sorry, I don't now how to make the PDFs link--grr.. You'll get to this in 1914: GIRLS FIGHT SCHOOL FIRE.; Oaksmere Students Also Dig Engine Out of the Snow.
1922 "America will send forth today on the Aquitania the first contingent of girl track athletes who have ever gone to represent the nation on foreign soil."
Winifred was a great American woman. I'm posting this for my own memory.
