Dr. Sarah M Siewers

 

Dr. Sarah M Siewers was born in 1 March 1855 in Cincinnati, Oh, the daughter of Charles G and Rebecca Ann Siewers. She was living in Cold Spring in 1860 and graduated from Newport High School. She was an Eclectic Medical College physician and practiced in Cincinnati and Massillon Oh. She died 22 April 1926 in Massillon Oh and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery.

Dr. Sarah Siewers was listed in the Fourth Annual Kentucky Equal Rights Association Convention minutes as the Hygiene and Dress Improvement Chair. She was the President of the Campbell County Equal Rights Association in Newport.

Dr. Seiwers reported that the Campbell County KERA was first organized in June 1890 and reorganized in May 1891. Meet every two weeks; have undertaken extemporaneous speaking and study of the state constitution, parliamentary drill and debating.

In the 1892 meeting, Mrs. Mary Muggeridge from Bellevue was the Recording Secretary
Miss Annie Morgan from Newport was the Advancement of Women's Work in the Pubic School Chair

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Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 21 March 1906, page 4

HONOR SUSAN B ANTHONY

Suffrage clubs of Cincinnati, Covington and Newport united in holding a memorial meeting in honor of Susan B Anthony Tuesday night at the Second Presbyterian Church. Dr. Sarah M Siewers presided over the meeting and told of Miss Anthony's work.

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Kentucky Post, Friday, 19 April 1907, page 8

CLUB WOMEN AGREE WITH STEAD

W T Stead, English editor and statesman, simply can't lose his reputation in Cincinnati. Cincinnati suffragists believe in W T Stead-hasn't he frequently declared that woman in ENTITLED to vote?

Dr. Sarah Siewers agrees with Stead that England is far ahead of America on the equal suffrage question.

 

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