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'''Flora Dunlap''' was the president of the [[Iowa Equal Suffrage Association]], in 1913. She also headed the [[Roadside Settlement House]], in [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]], [[Iowa]]. She was a friend of [[Jane Addams]]. Flora was born in 1872 to Mary and Samuel W. Dunlap.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=106|title=Dunlap, Flora – The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa -The University of Iowa|website=uipress.lib.uiowa.edu|access-date=2017-03-07}}</ref> Growing up in Circleville, Ohio, she attended school in nearby Columbus.<ref name=":0" /> |
'''Flora Dunlap''' was the president of the [[Iowa Equal Suffrage Association]], in 1913. She also headed the [[Roadside Settlement House]], in [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]], [[Iowa]]. Flora was the first woman to ever serve on the Board of Education of Des Moines.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=1912|editor2-last=Franklin|editor2-first=S.M.|editor3-last=Robins|editor3-first=Raymond|title=A Woman Board Member in Des Moines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=epBZAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=flora%20dunlap&f=false|magazine=Life and Labor|location=Chicago|publisher=The National Women's Trade Union League|access-date=April 12, 2017|editor1-last=Alice|editor1-first=Henry}}</ref> She was a friend of [[Jane Addams]]. Flora was born in 1872 to Mary and Samuel W. Dunlap.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=106|title=Dunlap, Flora – The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa -The University of Iowa|website=uipress.lib.uiowa.edu|access-date=2017-03-07}}</ref> Growing up in Circleville, Ohio, she attended school in nearby Columbus.<ref name=":0" /> She graduated from Cincinnati Wesleyan College, later earning herself an apprenticeship at the Kingsley Settlement House a year later.<ref name=":0" /> Following the apprenticeship, Flora went on to live in the Goodrich House in Cleveland, as well as the Hull House in Chicago.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Dunlap|first=Flora|date=January 1938|title=Roadside Settlement of Des Moines|url=http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5983&context=annals-of-iowa|journal=The Annals of Iowa|volume=21:3|pages=161-182}}</ref> Dunlap found the widespread fame of the Hull House to be “…a stimulating, an absorbing, and a bewildering place in which to live and work.”<ref name=":1" /> However, she wished to work in a smaller city rather than staying in Chicago despite her love for the establishment.<ref name=":1" /> It was at that point that Jane Addams had referred Flora to the Roadside Settlement house in Des Moines.<ref name=":0" /> |
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==See also== |
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*[[Mary Treglia]] |
*[[Mary Treglia]] |
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* [http://www.dmps.k12.ia.us/programs/2dunlap.htm Flora Dunlap Exemplary Preschool] |
* [http://www.dmps.k12.ia.us/programs/2dunlap.htm Flora Dunlap Exemplary Preschool] |
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Revision as of 05:08, 13 April 2017
Flora Dunlap was the president of the Iowa Equal Suffrage Association, in 1913. She also headed the Roadside Settlement House, in Des Moines, Iowa. Flora was the first woman to ever serve on the Board of Education of Des Moines.[1] She was a friend of Jane Addams. Flora was born in 1872 to Mary and Samuel W. Dunlap.[2] Growing up in Circleville, Ohio, she attended school in nearby Columbus.[2] She graduated from Cincinnati Wesleyan College, later earning herself an apprenticeship at the Kingsley Settlement House a year later.[2] Following the apprenticeship, Flora went on to live in the Goodrich House in Cleveland, as well as the Hull House in Chicago.[3] Dunlap found the widespread fame of the Hull House to be “…a stimulating, an absorbing, and a bewildering place in which to live and work.”[3] However, she wished to work in a smaller city rather than staying in Chicago despite her love for the establishment.[3] It was at that point that Jane Addams had referred Flora to the Roadside Settlement house in Des Moines.[2]
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References
- ^ Alice, Henry; Franklin, S.M.; Robins, Raymond, eds. (1912). "A Woman Board Member in Des Moines". Life and Labor. Chicago: The National Women's Trade Union League. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Dunlap, Flora – The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa -The University of Iowa". uipress.lib.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ a b c Dunlap, Flora (January 1938). "Roadside Settlement of Des Moines". The Annals of Iowa. 21:3: 161–182.
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