Dr. Fannie Leake Cummings was active in fighting for protections for women in the workplace and the rights of women in prison. She was outspoken and seen by some as an “agitator. In 1910 she was arrested for allegedly practicing medicine without a license. Fannie asserted that she had not broken any laws and was being targeted for her political outspokenness.
Dr. Fannie Leake Cummings served as general director at the Seattle Women's Industrial Union and Trade School, providing manual training for girls to prepare them for employment in industrial establishments. Courses included those in sewing and millinery, operating “electric power machines,” arithmetic and business ethics, art and design, domestic science and physical education.
In 1914 Fannie's daughter Nina passed away at age 38. Fannie's son Robert married and lived in Seattle, where he died in 1953. Fannie's husband William Cummings passed away in April of 1928.
Fannie remained active in her later years, as president of the Practical Psychology Club, the Seattle Poetry Club and others. She was pictured in the Seattle Daily Times attending a celebration of more than 200 Seattle Suffragists when Tennessee ratified the suffrage amendment in 1920.
When Fannie died 5 months after her husband in September of 1928, her obituary called her a “prominent woman of Seattle” with “a career in civic and political affairs.”
Dr. Fannie Leake Cummings served as general director at the Seattle Women's Industrial Union and Trade School, providing manual training for girls to prepare them for employment in industrial establishments. Courses included those in sewing and millinery, operating “electric power machines,” arithmetic and business ethics, art and design, domestic science and physical education.
In 1914 Fannie's daughter Nina passed away at age 38. Fannie's son Robert married and lived in Seattle, where he died in 1953. Fannie's husband William Cummings passed away in April of 1928.
Fannie remained active in her later years, as president of the Practical Psychology Club, the Seattle Poetry Club and others. She was pictured in the Seattle Daily Times attending a celebration of more than 200 Seattle Suffragists when Tennessee ratified the suffrage amendment in 1920.
When Fannie died 5 months after her husband in September of 1928, her obituary called her a “prominent woman of Seattle” with “a career in civic and political affairs.”
Dr. Fannie Leake Cummings was active in fighting for protections for women in the workplace and the rights of women in prison. She was outspoken and seen by some as an “agitator. In 1910 she was arrested for allegedly practicing medicine without a license. Fannie asserted that she had not broken any laws and was being targeted for her political outspokenness.
Dr. Fannie Leake Cummings served as general director at the Seattle Women's Industrial Union and Trade School, providing manual training for girls to prepare them for employment in industrial establishments. Courses included those in sewing and millinery, operating “electric power machines,” arithmetic and business ethics, art and design, domestic science and physical education.
In 1914 Fannie's daughter Nina passed away at age 38. Fannie's son Robert married and lived in Seattle, where he died in 1953. Fannie's husband William Cummings passed away in April of 1928.
Fannie remained active in her later years, as president of the Practical Psychology Club, the Seattle Poetry Club and others. She was pictured in the Seattle Daily Times attending a celebration of more than 200 Seattle Suffragists when Tennessee ratified the suffrage amendment in 1920.
When Fannie died 5 months after her husband in September of 1928, her obituary called her a “prominent woman of Seattle” with “a career in civic and political affairs.”
Dr. Fannie Leake Cummings served as general director at the Seattle Women's Industrial Union and Trade School, providing manual training for girls to prepare them for employment in industrial establishments. Courses included those in sewing and millinery, operating “electric power machines,” arithmetic and business ethics, art and design, domestic science and physical education.
In 1914 Fannie's daughter Nina passed away at age 38. Fannie's son Robert married and lived in Seattle, where he died in 1953. Fannie's husband William Cummings passed away in April of 1928.
Fannie remained active in her later years, as president of the Practical Psychology Club, the Seattle Poetry Club and others. She was pictured in the Seattle Daily Times attending a celebration of more than 200 Seattle Suffragists when Tennessee ratified the suffrage amendment in 1920.
When Fannie died 5 months after her husband in September of 1928, her obituary called her a “prominent woman of Seattle” with “a career in civic and political affairs.”
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