Miss Lelah Foster
Dublin Core
Title
Miss Lelah Foster
Subject
Lelah Foster
County Recorder
1st elected woman in Macon County
State Republican Women's organization
Business & Professional Women's Club
Vandeventer's
Decatur Daily Review
Decatur, IL
1930
Photo File: Biography
photograph
County Recorder
1st elected woman in Macon County
State Republican Women's organization
Business & Professional Women's Club
Vandeventer's
Decatur Daily Review
Decatur, IL
1930
Photo File: Biography
photograph
Description
Photograph of Miss Lelah Foster (d. 11/13/1942), the County Recorder from 1920 to 1932. Foster was one of the first women in the nation to serve in an elective office, and the first in Macon County. She was active in the state Republican Women's organization, and a charter member of the local Business & Professional Women's Club. the photo was taken by Vandeventer's, and used in the Decatur Daily Review on March 2, 1930.
Creator
Vandeventer, Decatur, IL
Source
Photo File: Biography - Foster, Miss Lelah
Publisher
Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, IL
Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL
Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL
Date
3/2/1930
Contributor
Lelah Foster
Rights
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Relation
none
Format
.jpg
Language
English
Type
Photograph
Identifier
BIO143
Coverage
Lelah Foster, County Recorder, 1st woman in an elective office in Macon County, State Republican women's organization, local Business & Professional Women's Club, Vandeventer, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
photograph
Physical Dimensions
6x3.25"
Files
Collection
Citation
Vandeventer, Decatur, IL , “Miss Lelah Foster,” Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection, accessed December 21, 2024, http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/items/show/2038.