The Women of Madison County
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The Madison County Milk House catches up with Madison County Historian Matt Urtz on the last day of Women's History Month. Did you know that Madison County has a rich history of women who went against social norms to improve the lives of others? From the daughter and sister of two U.S. Presidents, to a woman from Brookfield who spent her life educating women of color in the mid 1800s, to the first ever female Madison County Court Judge who was sworn in just this year. Take a journey through history with us.
Abigail “Nabby” Adams Smith - https://www.nps.gov/adam/learn/historyculture/abigail-nabby-smith.htm
Myrtilla Miner - https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/myrtilla-miner.html
Peterboro Women’s Baseball Club - https://sabr.org/journal/article/womens-baseball-in-nineteenth-century-new-york-and-the-man-who-set-back-womens-professional-baseball-for-decades/
Zora Lucia Card -
https://indianrivermagazine.com/emags/Nov2010OnlineEdition/page_1.html
Matt Urtz’s Interview with Judge Rhonda Youngs - https://youtu.be/aCaxDTFQ5xU
Mable Barry Vincent Smith talks about her first assignment as a woman pilot during WWII https://youtu.be/5RdiB7YC2C8 for her full interview go to Grand Valley State University Digital Collection Archive https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29552
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