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Sara Rowsey Foley | |
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| Born | Sara Rowsey November 25, 1840 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | October 22, 1925 (aged 84) Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
| Resting place | Calvary Cemetery |
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| Genre | biographies |
| Notable works | Toledo Women Writers of Yesterday |
| Spouse | Cornelius Foley (d. 1900) |
| Children | 1 |
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Sara Rowsey Foley (November 25, 1840 - October 22, 1925) was an American teacher, journalist, biographer and clubwoman. She was the first newspaper woman in Toledo, Ohio.
Early life
[edit]Sara Rowsey was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 25, 1840.[1] Her father was Captain C. A. Rowsey. The family came to Toledo, Ohio in 1852.[2]
Career
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Foley's early career was as a school teacher.[2] She taught for at least fifteen years in Toledo's Lagrange Street School.[3]
She became the first newspaper woman in Toledo, serving as a member of the advertising and editorial staff of the Toledo Commercial.[2] She published in other periodicals, including Catholic Record.[4]
She published a book of Toledo reminiscences in 1923.[2] In January 1925, she published Women Writers of Yesterday, which records the part that Toledo women played in the development of local and state newspapers. More than thirty writers are named, among them women who served as reporters, column conductors, society and club editors, dramatic critics, book reviewers, as well as Sunday and associate editors. The women were on the staff of The Blade, Bee, Commercial, Courier-Journal, and other publications. On the list also are a number of women who developed their writing in other fields, composing club papers, compiling library catalogues, writing in defense of women's rights.[5]
A clubwoman, she served as president of the Dante club.[6] She was also an organizer[5] and the first vice president of the Toledo Women's Writers club.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Her husband, Cornelius, died in July 1900.[7] The couple had a daughter, Julia.[2]
In 1908, Foley and her daughter visited Los Angeles, California for three months.[8]
Sara Rowsey Foley died in Toledo on October 22, 1925[1] and was interred in Calvary Cemetery.[2]
Selected works
[edit]- Toledo Women Writers of Yesterday, 1925 (text)
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Deaths: Ohio. Death Certificates Oct 4, 1925–Oct 31, 1925". familysearch.org. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Pioneer Toledo Newspaper Woman Is Laid To Rest". The News-Messenger (Public domain ed.). 27 October 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 27 March 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "The Board of Education". The Toledo Evening Bee (Public domain ed.). 2 August 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 27 March 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Sara R. Foley". Northwest Ohio Quarterly. Lucas County/Maumee Valley Historical Society, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University: 65. 1948. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Tells Of Women Writers Of Yesteryear". The News-Messenger (Public domain ed.). 7 January 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 27 March 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Sara Foley, president, the Dante club". The Toledo Evening Bee (Public domain ed.). 18 October 1892. p. 4. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ "Cornelius Foley". Nashville Banner (Public domain ed.). 2 July 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 27 March 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Mrs. Sara Foley". The Cincinnati Enquirer (Public domain ed.). 26 January 1908. p. 28. Retrieved 27 March 2026 – via Newspapers.com.