Because there is no central location of information on women in the history of the Akron, Ohio, area, the researchers/writers on this site used both primary and secondary materials to piece together the biographical essays provided on this website. The researchers would especially like to thank the Beacon Journal and its library staff (especially Norma Hill), The University of Akron Archives and its staff (especially John Miller and Stephen Paschen), Stan Hywet House and its staff (especially Judy Mills), the Akron Public Library and its staff, and the Western Reserve Historical Society library and its staff.
Manuscript Collections:
Alexander Collection, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland.
Summit County General Federation of Women’s Clubs Collection, The University of Akron Archives, Akron.
Gladwin Collection, The University of Akron Archives.
Goodyear Collection, The University of Akron Archives.
Hower Collection, The University of Akron Archives.
League of Women Voters Collection, The University of Akron Archives.
Paul Collection, Western Reserve Historical Society.
Summit County Historical Collection, The University of Akron Archives.
The University of Akron Collection, The University of Akron Archives.
U.S. Sanitary Commission Collection, Western Reserve Historical Society.
Women’s History Project Collection, The University of Akron Archives.
Young Women’s Christian Association of Summit County Collection, The University of Akron Archives.
Newspapers:
Akron Buzzard and Buckeye Water Nymph
Akron City Times
Akron Daily Democrat
Akron Daily Argus
Akron Democratic Standard
Akron Daily Tribune
Akron Eagle
Akron Free Democrat
Akron Herald
Akron Press
Akron Republican
Akron Times-Press
Akron Weekly Times
American Democrat
Cascade Roarer
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Daily Standard
Free Democrat Standard
Honest Truth
The People
Second Advent of Christ
Summit Democracy
Summitonian
Tee-Total Mechanic
Magazines:
Akron Alumnus Magazine
Akron Offering
Reports:
“Directory of Social and Civic Agencies: A Classified and Descriptive Directory of the Social, Civic and Religious Resources of the City of Akron, 1913,” Akron: Charity Organization Society, 1913.
“Minutes of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of the State of Ohio at the Seventh Annual Meeting, Xenia, September 1-3, 1880,” Columbus: Nevins & Myers, 1880.
“Minutes of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of the State of Ohio at the Tenth Annual Meeting, Bellefontaine, June 20-23, 1883,” Cleveland: Leader Printing, 1883.
“Minutes of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of the State of Ohio at the Twelfth Annual Meeting, Kenton, June 10, 11, 12, 1885,” Xenia: Chew Printing, 1885.
“Minutes of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of the State of Ohio, Elyria, June 6-8, 1877,” Cincinnati: A.H. Pugh, 1877.
“Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of the State of Ohio, 1896, held at Youngstown, Ohio, October 7, 8, and 9, 1896,” Columbus: Hann & Adair, printers, 1896.
Van Kirk, Mrs. H.D. (ed.). “Ohio Woman’s Christian Temperance Union 58th Annual Year, Convention Held at Dayton, October 20, 21, 22, 23 [1931]
Pamphlets:
“The Women’s Council of Summit County Directory, 1919-1920,” Woman’s Council of Summit County, no date.
“Akron Woman’s City Club, Directory, 2002-2003,” Akron Woman’s City Club, 2002.
“Akron as Seen by the Outsider,” no publisher, no date but probably 1917
“The Children’s Concert Series, 1947-1997, 50th Anniversary,” Children’s Concert Series, 1997.
“The Women’s Council of Summit County Directory, 1919-1920,” Woman’s Council of Summit County, 1919.
WPA, “Play Spots: Akron and Summit County,” Akron: Community Chest, 1941.
City Directories:
Akron City and Summit County Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1883/84.
Akron City and Summit County Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1885/86.
Akron City Directory. Akron: A.R. Talcoit, 1873-1874.
Akron City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1879/80.
Akron City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1888/89.
Akron City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1890/91.
Akron City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1892/93.
Akron City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1893/94.
Akron City Directory. Akron: Burch, Potter & Co., 1875/76.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1894.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1895.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1896.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1897.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1898.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1899.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1900.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1911.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1912.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1913.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1914.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1915.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1916.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1917.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1918.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1919.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1920.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1921.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1922.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1923.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1924.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1925.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1926.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1927.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1928.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1929.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1930.
Akron Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1931.
Akron, Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls, and Portage Lakes Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1952-53.
Akron, Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls, and Portage Lakes Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1954-55.
Akron, Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls, and Portage Lakes Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1956-57.
Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, and Barberton Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Company, 1933.
Akron, Portage Lakes, Barberton, and Cuyahoga Falls Official City Directory. Akron: Burch Directory Co., 1941.
Akron, Tallmadge, Portage Lakes, Barberton, and Cuyahoga Falls Official City Directory. Akron, Ohio: Burch Directory Co., 1943.
Akron, Tallmadge, Portage Lakes, Barberton, and Cuyahoga Falls Official City Directory. Akron, Ohio: Burch Directory Co., 1946.
Akron, Tallmadge, Portage Lakes, Barberton, and Cuyahoga Falls Official City Directory. Akron, Ohio: Burch Directory Co., 1948-49.
Akron, Tallmadge, Portage Lakes, Barberton, and Cuyahoga Falls Official City Directory. Akron, Ohio: Burch Directory Co., 1950-51.
Akron, Wooster, & Cuyahoga Falls Directory, City Guide and Business Mirror. Akron: C.W. Williams, 1859-1860.
Bailey’s Akron Directory. Akron: Bailey’s Pub. Co.,1871-1872.
Hall’s General Directory and Business Guide City of Akron. Akron: Hall Publishing Co., 1868-1869.
Books:
Akron Map & Atlas Co. Illustrated Summit County, Ohio. Akron: Map & Atlas Co., 1891.
Allen, Hugh. Rubber’s Home Town. New York: Stratford House, 1949.
Barber, Ohio C. Anna Dean Farm: Barberton, Ohio. Barberton, Ohio: Barberton Historical Society, (no date).
Bierce, General Lucius V. Historical Reminiscences of Summit County. Akron: T. & H.B. Canfield, 1854.
Carroll, Peter N. The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans in the Spanish Civil War. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1994.
Cherry, P. P. The Western Reserve and Early Ohio. Akron, Ohio: R. L. Fouse, 1921.
Conger, Emily B. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines; Giving Personal Experiences and Descriptions…. Akron: R.H. Leighton, 1904..
Conlin, Mary Lou. Simon Perkins of the Western Reserve. Cleveland, Ohio: The Western Reserve Historical Society, 1968.
Endres, Kathleen L. Rosie the Rubber Worker: Women Workers in Akron’s Rubber Factories During World War II. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2000.
Fetzer, Herman, et al. A Centennial History of Akron. Akron, Ohio: Summit County Historical Society, 1925.
Fleming, William F. America’s Match King: Ohio Columbus Barber 1841-1920. Barberton, Ohio: Press of the Barberton Historical Society, 1981.
Francis, Diane DeMali and David W. Francis. Summit Beach Park: Akron’s Coney Island. Akron: Summit County Historical Society Press, 1993.
Fry, Hal. Print It! 150 Years of the Akron Beacon Journal. Akron: Summit County
Historical Society, 1989.
Fry, Linda L. and Cheryl M. Urban, Politics & the Women of Summit County. Akron: Women’s History Project of the Akron Area, 1992.
Galbreath, Charles B. History of Ohio (in five volumes). Chicago: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925.
Glendale Cemetery Burial Records. Akron: Summit County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society, 2000.
Grismer, Karl H. Akron and Summit County. Akron, Ohio: Summit County Historical Society, 1952.
Hatcher, Harlan. The Western Reserve: The Story of New Connecticut in Ohio. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1949.
History of Summit County: With an outline sketch of Ohio. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881.
Hughes, Langston. I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey. New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1956.
Jackson, James S. Behind the Front Page: A Newsman Looks at Akron. Akron: Summit County Historical Society, 1986.
Jackson, James S. and Margo. At Home on the Hill: The Perkins Family of Akron. Akron, Ohio: Summit County Historical Society, 1983.
Kenfield, Scott Dix (ed.). Akron and Summit County Ohio 1825-1928. Chicago & Akron: S.J. Clarke, 1928.
Knepper, George W. Akron: City at the Summit. Tulsa, Oklahoma: Continental Heritage Press, 1994.
Knepper, George W. New Lamps for Old. Akron: The University of Akron, 1970.
Knepper, George W. Ohio and Its People. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 1989.
Knepper, George W. Summit’s Glory. Akron: The University of Akron Press, 1990.
Lane, Samuel A. Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County. Akron: Beacon Job Department, 1892.
Manchester, H. A. Matches Were Made in Heaven and in Barberton, Ohio: The Story of the Diamond Match Company. Barberton: The Barberton Historical Society, 1977.
Manly, Angie S. Hit and Miss; A Story of Real Life. Chicago: J.L. Regan & Co., 1883.
McClain, Shirla Robinson. “The Contributions of Blacks in Akron: 1825-1975.” The University of Akron (dissertation), 1975.
Merryweather, Marilyn. The Only Home They Ever Knew: Summit County and the Children’s Home. Akron: Summit County Historical Society, 1991.
Nichols, Kenneth. Yesterday’s Akron: The First 150 Years. Miami, Florida: E. A. Seemann Publishing, Inc., 1975.
Oana, Katherine D. and Karen B. Amodeo (eds.). Her Story in the Making: A Who’s Who of Akron Area Women Vol. 1. Akron: Women’s History Week Committee, no date.
Olin, Oscar Eugene. Akron and Environs. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1917.
Paschen, Stephen H. Hower House. Akron, Ohio: Summit County Historical Society, 1993.
Paschen, Stephen H. Shootin’ the Chutes: Amusement Parks Remembered. Akron, Ohio: Summit County Historical Society, 1988.
Perrin, William Henry. History of Summit County. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 1881.
A Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio…. Logansport, Ind.: A.W. Bowen & Co. 1898.
Quine, Cloyd R. The Old Wolf Ledge. Akron: Cloyd R. Quine, 1950.
Tackabury, Meade & Moffett. Combination Atlas Map of Summit County, Ohio. Philadelphia: Tackabury, Meade, & Moffett, 1874.
Wickham, Gertrude Van Rensselaer. Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve. Cleveland: Cleveland Centennial Commission, 1896-1924.
Young, Elaine (ed.). Summit County Women as Winners. Akron: Women’s History Project of the Akron Area, 1986.
Zonsius, Patricia M. Children’s Century: Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 1890-1990. Akron: Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron, 1990.
Photo courtesy of The University of Akron Archives.