Ethlyn T. Clough
BornEthlyn Theresa Packard
August 21, 1858
Monroeville, Ohio, U.S.
Died1936
Resting placeOxford Cemetery, Oxford, Ohio, U.S.
Occupationnewspaper publisher, editor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Spouse
Charles W. Clough
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(m. 1876; died 1884)​
Children4

Ethlyn T. Clough (August 21, 1858 – 1936) was an American newspaper publisher and editor. At the end of the 19th-century, five women in Michigan owned, edited, and personally managed their own newspapers, one of whom was Clough. For eighteen years, she published The Brooklyn Exponent.[1] She was the recording secretary of the Michigan Woman's Press Association (MWPA).[2]

Early life

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Ethlyn Theresa Packard was born in Monroeville, Ohio,[3] August 21, 1858.[4] She was a daughter of Daniel and Cornelia (Hubbell) Packard. Her parents were natives of Ohio.[3]

Career

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On July 21, 1876, she married Charles W. Clough,[3] newspaper publisher, removing to Attica, Ohio. In 1878, they removed to Clinton, Ohio where the husband founded the Local.[4] In 1881, her husband founded The Brooklyn Exponent. There being no other paper in Brooklyn, Michigan, and Mr. Clough being a practical printer, the location was most favorable for the establishment of a good weekly newspaper, and the Exponent soon commanded patronage and support. But, never robust, the hard labor soon began to tell upon him.[2] At her husband's death, September 30, 1884, Mrs. Clough assumed the management of the paper,[3] having learned how to manage a newspaper accidentally during her husband's lifetime.[3]

Mrs. Clough, now a widow with four young children, was conscious of her abilities, and recognizing the necessity of having someone at the head of the business who would have a financial interest in its success, she at once assumed the responsibility of editor and publisher, and conducted the business, supporting herself and family of three children,[2][1] one daughter, Adelaide M., having been adopted by her husband's sister at the time of his death.[3]

Affiliations

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She was a charter member of the MWPA, and in 1890, was elected a member of the committee on constitution and by-laws, and in 1893, became the recording secretary.[2] She also served as president of Brooklyn's Saturday Night circle, a member of the Bay View Reading Club, which focused on literary study.[5]

Personal life

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Clough's sons and daughters were named respectively: Charles R., Adelaide M., Edward F. and Eleanor Maude.[3]

She died in 1936 and was buried at Oxford Cemetery, in Oxford, Ohio. The Clough Memorial room of the Brooklyn (Michigan) Public Library was established in 1951 in her honor.[6]

Selected works

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References

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  1. ^ a b Fuller & Beeson 1949, p. 237.
  2. ^ a b c d Literary Century 1893, p. 393.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Chapan Brothers 1890, p. 877.
  4. ^ a b Fuller & Beeson 1949, p. 236.
  5. ^ Bay View Reading Club 1897, p. 123.
  6. ^ Michigan State Library 1951, p. 113.

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