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Hannah Martin – first female legislator from Marion County 1932-1940
Hannah Martin – first female legislator from Marion County 1932-1940

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Hannah Martin – first female legislator from Marion County 1932-1940

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:55:41-07:00June 24th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: Alaska, attorney, Capital Journal office, chameleon, Commercial St., Cuba, D.S. Dautoff, Dina Dautoff, Dina Margulies Dautoff, European Jews, gold fever, government aid, Great Depression, Hannah Dautoff, Hannah Martin, Isidore Kohnsky, Ivan Martin, Jack Rigo, Jack Rigo Jr., Jack the Snake Charmer, Joseph Dautoff, Josephine Dautoff, Kira Kinney, law school, Leo Dautoff, Living history, Marion County, Masonic Temple building, Mt. Angel, New York City, Oaks Park, orchestra leader, Oregon Daily Journal, Oregon House of Representatives, Oregon State Legislature, Oregonian, perfect score, politician, Portland, pre-Castro, Prohibition, Republican, Roman Catholic community, Russian violinist, Salem, shoulders of giants, Sir Isaac Newton, Sprague High School, teen interpreters, Victor Dautoff, Willamette University, Youth and Government, YWCA|

Hannah Martin, first woman elected to the Oregon State Legislature. Photo Credit - Oregon Voter, December 31, 1932 Each summer as school lets [...]

The Hirsch Family

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:55:41-07:00May 28th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: 1870 Federal Census, 200 S. Commercial S, 264 Chemeketa St, 437 High St, Alisse Hirsch, Baltimore, Bavarian merchants, Board of School Land Commissioners, Brownsville, California, California Gold Rush, Canal and Lock Commission, Chinese cook, Civil War, Clara Hirsch, Dallas, Eagle Woolen Mills, Edward Hirsch, Ella Hirsch, European Jews, first ward, five brothers, German Ashkenazi Jews, Gertrude Hirsch, Golden Realm, Goldene Medina, Great Panic of 1873, Guy Hirsch, Hanah Hirsch, Hirsch Family, Isaac Hirsch, J.B. Hirsch, Jacob Blumauer, Jacob Goldsmith, John Garraty, Laura Hirsch, Leopold Hirsch, Lewis May, Lizzy Hirsch, Lora Hirsch, Lulu Hirsch, Maier Hirsch, Marion County, Maude Hirsch, merchants, miners, Nettie Davis, Nettie Hirsch, Oregon State Capitol building, Oregon State Senate, Oregon State Treasurer, Oregonian, Ottoman Empire, Portland, President William McKinley, Public Building Commission, Republican Party, Rosa Hirsch, Salem City Council, Salem Postmaster, Sarah Hirsch, Senate Ways and Means Committee, Silverton, Simon Blumauer, Sir Martin Gilbert, Solomon Hirsch, State Asylum, State Asylum Commission, State Prison, state senator, Sutter's Mill, Thomas Dryer, Tom Hoy, U.S. ambassador, Wurtemberg|

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Carolyn B. Shelton, Oregon’s First Woman Governor (for a weekend)

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:55:44-07:00February 14th, 2016|Categories: Heritage News, History Tidbits, People|Tags: Arlington National Cemetery, Carolyn Shelton, Carolyn Skiff, Frank Benson, George Chamberlain, governor, Guiss family, Historic Oregon Newspapers Project, Historical Oregonian, Idaho, John W. Shelton, Mary Skiff, Multnomah County, Oregon, Oregonian, Portland, secretary, Secretary of State, Union county, Washington D.C., Weiser, Willis Skiff|

This article was written for the Statesman Journal and published February 2015. It is reproduced here for reference purposes. Carolyn B. Shelton - image [...]

June 2016

Hannah Martin – first female legislator from Marion County 1932-1940

Hannah Martin – first female legislator from Marion County 1932-1940

May 2016

The Hirsch Family

The Hirsch Family

February 2016

Carolyn B. Shelton, Oregon’s First Woman Governor (for a weekend)

Carolyn B. Shelton, Oregon’s First Woman Governor (for a weekend)

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