Belle Sherwin graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wellesley College in 1890 and then attended Oxford University to study history from 1894 - 1895 She taught history for four years at St Margaret's and Miss Herseys school for girls, a private school in Boston In 1900 she returned to Cleveland and became the 1st President of the Consumers League of Ohio After World War 1, she became the director of the Cleveland Welfare Federation From 1921 - 1924 she was the Vice President of the National League of Women Voters and became its President from 1924 - 1934 where she earned a reputation as a dedicated suffragist leader.
Belle Sherwin is named on a plaque that now hangs in the Ohio State Capitol to honor Ohio women who were gender-equality leaders in the early-20th century public movement. The League of Women Voters installed this memorial in 1933 for “those leaders and others unrecorded whose labors have won for the women of this country entrance into its public life.”
Belle Sherwin is named on a plaque that now hangs in the Ohio State Capitol to honor Ohio women who were gender-equality leaders in the early-20th century public movement. The League of Women Voters installed this memorial in 1933 for “those leaders and others unrecorded whose labors have won for the women of this country entrance into its public life.”
Belle Sherwin graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wellesley College in 1890 and then attended Oxford University to study history from 1894 - 1895 She taught history for four years at St Margaret's and Miss Herseys school for girls, a private school in Boston In 1900 she returned to Cleveland and became the 1st President of the Consumers League of Ohio After World War 1, she became the director of the Cleveland Welfare Federation From 1921 - 1924 she was the Vice President of the National League of Women Voters and became its President from 1924 - 1934 where she earned a reputation as a dedicated suffragist leader.
Belle Sherwin is named on a plaque that now hangs in the Ohio State Capitol to honor Ohio women who were gender-equality leaders in the early-20th century public movement. The League of Women Voters installed this memorial in 1933 for “those leaders and others unrecorded whose labors have won for the women of this country entrance into its public life.”
Belle Sherwin is named on a plaque that now hangs in the Ohio State Capitol to honor Ohio women who were gender-equality leaders in the early-20th century public movement. The League of Women Voters installed this memorial in 1933 for “those leaders and others unrecorded whose labors have won for the women of this country entrance into its public life.”
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