Florence E. McConnell

Florence E. McConnell

Biography
Florence E. McConnell
Photo File: Biography
Decatur Community Chest
Decatur YWCA
Girl's Welfare Home
Traveler's Protective Assn.
Decatur Woman's Club
Home Improvement Assn.
U. of I. Extension
Business and Professional Women's Club
BPW
First Presbyterian Church
Rembrandt Studios
1930
Decatur Daily Review
Women's Suffrage

Photograph of Mrs. Florence E. McConnell (born 7/6/1867; died 8/19/1945). Prominent Decatur civic leader. 1929-1937 executive secretary Decatur Community Chest. Helped organize Decatur YWCA, Girl's Welfare Home, and Traveler's Protective Assn. First president Decatur Woman's Club; active in women's suffrage actives in Central Illinois; in charge of Home Improvement Assn. in the extension department of U. of I. for 12 years. Member Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club, First Presbyterian church. Came to Decatur in 1889. Daughter of Confederate soldier, Lewis W. Shores. Left Decatur in 1937 to organize Community Chest in Evansville, Ind. Photo was used in the Decatur Review, Mar. 16, 1930.

Rembrandt Studios, Decatur, IL.

Photo File: Biography, McConnell, Mrs. Florence E.

Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, IL.
Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL.

3/16/1930

Mrs. Florence E. McConnell

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Biography, Florence E. McConnell, Civic Leader, Decatur Community Chest, Decatur YWCA, Girl's Welfare Home, Traveler's Protective Assn., Decatur Woman's Club, Women's Suffrage, Home Improvement Assn., U. of I. Extension, Decatur B.P.W. Club, First Presbyterian Church, Daughter of Confederate Soldier, Lewis W. Shores. Community Chest of Evansville, Ind. Rembrandt Studios.

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