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Birdie Harwood

Most Notable Person from Marble Falls?

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History and Commentary
by
Charles Watkins

OPHELIA GERALDINE CROSBY HARWOOD
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EARLY LIFE
HORSE RIDING
FAMILY
POLITICAL CAREER
LATER YEARS




BIRDIE ON HORSEBACK
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HER HUSBANDS
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Ophelia and George Harwood
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Bob Beverly
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

CLEANUP CAMPAIGN
OPEN RECORDS
POWER PLANT
PARK LAND
SAFE STREETS
CHARITY
TEMPERANCE


WAS BIRDIE THE FIRST?
Amy Kaukonen
Fairport, Ohio


Marian Newhall Horwitz
Moore Haven, Florida


Susanna Salter
Argonia, Kansas


Nancy Smith
Oskaloosa, Iowa


Mary Lowman
Oskaloosa, Kansas


Mary Elizabeth Woolley Chamberlain
Calab, Utah



Susan Wissler
Dayton, Wyoming


Alice E. Burns
Florence, Oregon


Clara Cynthia Munson
Warrenton, Oregon

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Marian Newhall Horwitz
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Susanna Salter
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Mary Lowman
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Clara Cynthia Munson
SIGNIFICANCE
  • Advanced Suffrage Movement: Furthered the cause of women voting
  • Proved Women Can Govern:
      Showed females make able leaders
  • Made Marble Falls a Modern City:
     Cleanup, open records, safe streets,
     power, parkland, charity, temperance
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BIG BIRDIE NEWS!
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Birdie's Legacy Lives On!

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