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Margaret Jewett Smith Bailey (1812-1882)
Writing under the pen name Ruth Rover, Margaret Jewett Smith Bailey wrote one of the earliest works in Oregon, The Grains, or, Passages in the …
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Margaret Louise Carter (1935–)
Margaret Carter was the first Black woman to be elected to the Oregon State Legislature, in 1984. She served as the chair of the Democratic …
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Margaret Sanger's Arrest in Portland, 1916
On June 29, 1916, Margaret Sanger was arrested in Portland for distributing pamphlets promoting birth control. Sanger was the author of a series of articles …
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Margery Hoffman Smith (1888-1981)
Margery Hoffman Smith, a painter and interior designer, was called the “grande dame of arts and crafts” for her work at Timberline Lodge on …
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Marian B. Towne (1880 - 1966)
As the first woman elected to the Oregon House of Representatives (1914), and one of the first women in the state to serve with the …
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Marianne Mayfield (Hill) (1936-2004)
During more than thirty years on the Portland jazz scene, singer and bassist Marianne Mayfield was a rare female instrumentalist in a male-dominated jazz world …
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Marian Wood Kolisch (1920-2008)
Marian Wood Kolisch was an Oregon photographer known for her documentation of those who helped shape cultural life in Oregon during the twentieth century. From …
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Maribel Cadmus (1924–)
Maribel Cadmus was secretary of the Oregon Senate from 1976 to 1988, acting as the Senate’s administrator and parliamentarian and keeping it functioning, both during …
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Marie Dorion (1790?–1850)
A woman of Sioux and, more particularly, Iowa descent, Marie Dorion, by birth Marie L’Ayvoise, was a member of the Wilson Price Hunt expedition, which …
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Marie Equi (1872-1952)
Dr. Marie Equi was a fiercely independent Oregon physician who was engaged in the political turmoil and social change of the late nineteenth and early …
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