H. Anna Quinby

H. Anna Quinby (July 8, 1871 – October 28, 1931) was an American lawyer, magazine editor, and business manager.

[1][2] She was also the first woman to apply for the position of notary public, from which women were always excluded before the enactment of the amendment to the Ohio constitution providing for female suffrage.

[1] Hannah had several siblings including: Franklin, Alfred, Mary, Ephraim, Josephine, Nancy, Arthur, Stephen, Calvin, and Edward.

[4][1][6] After graduation from the normal university, she taught elocution, oratory, and civics in LeMars (Iowa) College.

[1] In the fall of 1908, she acted as attorney for the prosecution in a larceny case at Edenton, Ohio in which Ella Purcell, another woman lawyer, appeared for the defense.

A department of the magazine was entitled "As College Girls See It", a series of articles written by undergraduates on the campus.

This farm contained approximately 100 acres (40 ha) of excellent hardwoods, mostly oak, hickory, and walnut.

Quinby started out to sell the lumber and entered the market almost at the peak and thus received top prices.

In selling, she made connections which caused her to enter the wholesale end of the business after her own stock of lumber became exhausted.

She confined herself to hardwoods but contemplated taking on southern pine, cypress, and possibly shingles, and also railroad ties.