Fanny B. Ames
Fanny Baker Ames was born Julia Frances Baker in Canandaigua, New York. She spent much of her adult life in Philadelphia and Boston, working for charitable and political causes. In all her endeavors, she worked closely with her husband, Charles Gordon Ames, a Unitarian minister whom she married in 1863. In 1888, the Ameses settled permanently in Boston, where Ames held various offices in Massachusetts and New England suffrage associations, including the presidency of the Boston Equal Suffrage Association. In addition, she served on the Boston School Committee and the original Board of Trustees of Simmons College, and was the first woman to be appointed factory inspector in Massachusetts.
Ames died at the age of 91 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, survived by a stepson and two daughters. For further information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (Cambridge, Mass., 1971), which includes a list of additional sources. Harvard University Library
Caroline Severance
1904 County Convention
Florence H. Stewart
1893-1983, remained single
Born in Syracuse, parents were Dr. Chester Stewart (physician) and May Cooper Stewart (schoolteacher), they were divorced when she was a child
Canandaigua Academy Class of 1910
Graduate of Buffalo State Teachers College, Columbia University, later took courses at Harvard in education, psychology
Active in founding the Ontario County League of Women Voters, on Board of Ontario County Mental Health
In 1920s was an instructor at Pine Manor, Dana Hall School, Wellesley, MA, a college prep school for girls – could then go on to Wellesley College
Established Lochland School for disabled children, in Geneva, was widely recognized as a pioneer in the education of children with developmental disabilities. Remained Executive Director for over fifty years until her death in 1983
Eleanore Myers Jewett
1890-1967, spouse Dr. Harvey Jewett, 2 children
Originally from NYC, went to Barnard College, Columbia University – met husband there; moved to Clifton Springs then Canandaigua with him
Prolific writer, speaker, storyteller, strong involvement in education
On boards at Wood Library, member of several women’s clubs
Crystal Eastman
Read Bio on West Bloomfield Page
Caroline C. Crane
1873-1964, remained single
- Father was one of the undertakers in Canandaigua
- First woman admitted to the Bar in New York State
- Practiced law in Canandaigua
- Active in the Republican party
Other Notable Suffragists
