Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout ... . things, however, and judgments have softened,while with the advent of woman as a factor in politi-cal and public aflfairs. the critics have retreated, andmembers of the gentler sex stand upon their meritsin the field of business, politics and the has been made possible because of the typeof women who have stepped into the business arenaand have so creditably deported themselves as to com-mand respect and win recogn
Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout ... . things, however, and judgments have softened,while with the advent of woman as a factor in politi-cal and public aflfairs. the critics have retreated, andmembers of the gentler sex stand upon their meritsin the field of business, politics and the has been made possible because of the typeof women who have stepped into the business arenaand have so creditably deported themselves as to com-mand respect and win recognition from their co-workers of the sterner sex. It is of this type thatMiss M. Cerula Woodbury of Great Falls. Montana,must be classed, for she has, in her position as presi-dent-treasurer of the Great Falls Iron Works,proved her peculiar fitness for the trying position andhas, through her years of experience in the ironfoundry business so intimatelv informed herself as toits detail that she is recognized through the businessNorthwest as an expert in her line. Miss Woodbury may be said to have been born tothe business, for the iron works over which she pre-. HISTORY OF MONTANA 1073 sides and which at capacity employs more than 150men, was founded by her father, the late L. S. Wood-bur, some thirty years ago. She comes not only ofa family trained in the manufacturing business, butof sturdy New England stock, having been bornamong the Granite Hills at Nashua, New Hamp-shire. Her schooling there and at Burlington, Ver-mont, gave her the educational advantages of thatvigorous and patriotic section of the country andmoulded her mind along lines of loyalty and ambi-tious attack that were destined to make her a usefulcitizen wherever she located. So it happened thatwhen her father determined upon an iron works atGreat Falls, she was to be one of his ablest andchiefest lieutenants and his logical successor to carryforward the work to greater limits when he wascompelled to lay down the
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