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| Born | Martha Emily Parmelee March 5, 1834 Norton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | May 5, 1923 (aged 89) Cleveland, Ohio |
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| Alma mater | Oberlin College |
| Notable works | The Western Reserve of Ohio and some of its pioneers, places and women's clubs |
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| Children | 4 |
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Martha Parmelee Rose (née, Parmelee; pen name, Mrs. W. G. Rose and Charles C. Lee; March 5, 1834 – May 5, 1923) was an American journalist, social reformer, social leader, and philanthropist. Interested in the poor and destitute, especially the sufferings of sewing women, Rose succeeded in arousing attention for the establishment of a training school in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to writing articles on the labor question and similar topics, she published several books. Rose was a social leader and a patron of art.[1][2]
- ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "ROSE, Mrs. Martha Parmelee". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. p. 622.
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- ^ Mrs. John A. Logan (1912). "MARTHA PARMELEE ROSE". The Part Taken by Women in American History. Perry-Nalle Publishing Company. p. 595. OCLC 3443917. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
