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ancestry dot com suggests Ethel lived until 1978! Not sure where they sourced that.

P appears to be for Pansy.

Could be something in the Births, marriages and Deaths column of the Irish Times, November 23rd 1978 (page 24 or 30).

L is for Lily

Niall McAuley are you sure? L is for some 4 letter word but neither the word nor the plant looks much like a lily. Edit: Though according to wikipedia, the only other 4-letter garden plants beginning with L are Leea and Luma, neither of which look remotely like that (being bushes), so I guess it must be Lily.

The woman on the RIGHT* can't be Susan B. Anthony--she might be another Miss Anthony, but Susan B. died in 1906. *fixed on advice of Wystan.

That's Anna Shaw on the left . . . .

Whoops, yes, of course. I'm never good at left-right (don't give me driving directions or ballroom dance classes, it's hopeless). Should have double-checked myself. The woman on the left certainly is Anna Shaw! Now who's on the right?

Anna Howard Shaw (February 14, 1847 – July 2, 1919) was a leader of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. She was also a physician and the first ordained female Methodist minister in the United States. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Shaw Florence Jaffray "Daisy" Harriman (July 21, 1870 – August 31, 1967) was an American socialite, suffragist, social reformer, organizer, and later, a courageous diplomat. “She led one of the suffrage parades down Fifth Avenue, worked on campaigns on child labor and safe milk and, as minister to Norway in World War II, organized evacuation efforts while hiding in a forest from the Nazi invasion.” In her ninety-second year, U.S. President John F. Kennedy honored her by awarding her the first “Citation of Merit for Distinguished Service.” She often found herself in the middle of historic events. As she stated, “I think nobody can deny that I have always had through sheer luck. . . a box seat at the America of my times.” Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Jaffray_Harriman The photographer was fooled by the name on the banner she was carrying. Does everyone agree it is Harriman? I recognize her as Harriman, but I can be wrong.

Thanks. Next time we update the record we'll change the title to give the names of the persons in the picture.

Not entirely sure who she was, but she hosted a luncheon in 1939

select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60C10FA3C5A177A...

She is in a couple of other pictures here (launching ships), click on the tag to see them.

Claudia Lyon was the daughter of Cecil Andrew Lyon, a leader of the Republican Party in Texas during the late 19th and early 20th century. He married a Claudia Dupont in 1900, and their daughter was named for her.

On May 18, 1912, Miss Lyon participated in the launch of the Battleship USS Texas, as seen in this Bain photo. On another LOC Flickr page with a photo of her (wearing what looks like the same outfit), there's a comment with a link to a New York Times article about the event.

The lace on her dress appears to be Irish Crochet.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Favorite Things, and we'd love to have this added to the group!