The first woman to graduate from West High School (1857), Quintrell also became the first West High graduate to serve as a Cleveland public school teacher. Mary went on to become a civic activist in Cleveland, spearheading efforts in the 1880s and 1890s to clean up the streets of Cleveland. In 1895, Cleveland passed legislation authorizing the vote for women in School Council (Board of Education) elections. In that same year, she ran (unsuccessfully) for a seat on School Council, becoming the first woman in Cleveland to run for elective office. Her older brother, Adelphius, also a member of the first West High graduating class, was a promising law student, before the Civil War broke out in 1860. He died during the Seige of Petersburg in 1865. | Source: Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library, Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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"Mary Corinne Quintrell (1840-1918)" appears in: West High
