
Charlotte Elizabeth Battles - Girard, PA
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Charlotte Elizabeth Battles historical marker
Waymark Code: WM14RYC
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/18/2021
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(From the ErieHistory website)
Charlotte Elizabeth Battles (October 11, 1864 - December 17, 1952) was a woman ahead of her time. A college graduate, bank president, philanthropist, and community spirited, serving on the boards of several charitable and educational institutions. She held positions that no woman in the state had held before and was truly the first of her kind in Pennsylvania and the nation. The 1933 banking crisis of the Great Depression brought her prominence across the state and nation as a whole.
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