Janet Asteroff

Janet Asteroff is a writer, historian, and business analyst working in academia and industry. A former editor of the John Jay Papers, she holds a doctorate in Communications from Columbia University. Janet died on September 17, 2018.

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  • Mattie Cone Sleeth (1852-1934)

    Mattie Cone Sleeth was a significant force for change in Oregon during the early decades of the twentieth century. A devoted minister’s wife, she arrived in Portland with her family in 1903 and established herself as a leader of the Oregon Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). She was an ardent …

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