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Blanch McBride Virgin Randle (1887–1978)
In 1928, Blanch McBride Virgin became the first woman in the United States to own and operate a professional radio station—KMED in Medford, Oregon. …
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Boris Sirpo (1893–1967)
Violinist, teacher, composer, and conductor Boris Sirpo was best known as the founder of the Portland Chamber Orchestra, which he directed for twenty years. He …
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Carol Hewitt (1945–1993)
Carol Hewitt was one of a small number of women who transformed the Oregon legal community during the 1970s and 1980s. Beginning her career as …
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Christine Karen Cassel (1945 - )
One hundred and fourteen years into its history, the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Medicine named Christine Cassel its first woman dean. …
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City Club of Portland
City Club of Portland is Oregon’s largest civic affairs group. It is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational, and research-based organization dedicated to public policy, community service, …
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Congregation Shaarie Torah
Shaarie Torah is the name of both a synagogue in northwest Portland and the Jewish congregation that makes its spiritual home there. In Hebrew, shaarie …
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Dogbane (hemp)
Dogbane (Apocynum sp.) is a short herbaceous plant whose name refers to the plant’s toxicity to dogs. Other animals are also vulnerable to the …
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Dora Friendly Club
The Dora Friendly Club is a rural women’s club in eastern Coos County that began in 1932, a time when each valley and settlement in …
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Ebba Wicks Brown (1914–2006)
Exposed to architectural practice from a young age, Ebba Wicks threw herself into formal training and licensure and, at the age of twenty-eight, became the …
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Elnora Thomson (1873-1957)
Recruited to Oregon by Sadie Orr Dunbar in 1920, Elnora E. Thomson began the public-health nursing program at the University of Oregon’s Portland School of …
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