Ethlyn T. Clough
{{short description|American journalist}}
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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.{{sfn|Fuller|Beeson|1949|p=237}} She was the recording secretary of the Michigan Woman's Press Association (MWPA).{{sfn|Literary Century|1893|p=393}}
Early life
Ethlyn Theresa Packard was born in Monroeville, Ohio,{{sfn|Chapan Brothers|1890|p=877}} August 21, 1858.{{sfn|Fuller|Beeson|1949|p=236}} She was a daughter of Daniel and Cornelia (Hubbell) Packard. Her parents were natives of Ohio.{{sfn|Chapan Brothers|1890|p=877}}
Career
On July 21, 1876, she married Charles W. Clough,{{sfn|Chapan Brothers|1890|p=877}} newspaper publisher, removing to Attica, Ohio. In 1878, they removed to Clinton, Ohio where the husband founded the Local.{{sfn|Fuller|Beeson|1949|p=236}} 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.{{sfn|Literary Century|1893|p=393}} At her husband's death, September 30, 1884, Mrs. Clough assumed the management of the paper,{{sfn|Chapan Brothers|1890|p=877}} having learned how to manage a newspaper accidentally during her husband's lifetime.{{sfn|Chapan Brothers|1890|p=877}}
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,{{sfn|Literary Century|1893|p=393}}{{sfn|Fuller|Beeson|1949|p=237}} one daughter, Adelaide M., having been adopted by her husband's sister at the time of his death.{{sfn|Chapan Brothers|1890|p=877}}
Affiliations
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.{{sfn|Literary Century|1893|p=393}} She also served as president of Brooklyn's Saturday Night circle, a member of the Bay View Reading Club, which focused on literary study.{{sfn|Bay View Reading Club|1897|p=123}}
Personal life
Clough's sons and daughters were named respectively: Charles R., Adelaide M., Edward F. and Eleanor Maude.{{sfn|Chapan Brothers|1890|p=877}}
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.{{sfn|Michigan State Library|1951|p=113}}
Selected works
- Norwegian life. : an account of past and contemporary conditions and progress in Norway and Sweden. Ed. and arranged., 1909
- Oriental life : an account of past and contemporary conditions and progress in Asia, excepting, China, India and Japan, 1910
- Africa : an account of past and contemporary conditions and progress, 1911
- South American life : an account of past and contemporary conditions and progress in south america.ed.and arranged by Ethlyn T. Clough. , 1912
- German life; an account of the past and contemporary conditions and progress in Germany., 1913
References
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=Attribution=
- {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=Bay View Reading Club|title=The Bay View Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H25PAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA124|edition=Public domain|volume=5|year=1897 |pages=85, 124, 281 |publisher=Bay View Reading Club|location=Flint, Michigan}} }}
- {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=Chapan Brothers|title= Portrait and biographical album of Jackson County, Michigan : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the County together with portraits & biographies of all the governors of the State and of the presidents of the United States. |url=https://archive.org/details/bad0945.0001.001.umich.edu|page=[https://archive.org/details/bad0945.0001.001.umich.edu/page/877 877]|year=1890|publisher=Chapman Brothers|location=Chicago |chapter=MRS. ETHELYN T. CLOUGH.}} }}
- {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=Literary Century|title=Michigan Woman's Press Association|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hPHhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA393|edition=Public domain|year=1893|publisher=Literary Century |chapter=MRS. ETHELYN T. CLOUGH.}} }}
=Bibliography=
- {{cite book|last1=Fuller|first1=George Newman|last2=Beeson|first2=Lewis|title=Michigan History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qrJKAQAAMAAJ|volume=33|year=1949|publisher=Michigan History Division of the Department of State}}
- {{cite book|author=Michigan State Library|title=Michigan Library News|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQK_AAAAIAAJ|volume=11-15|year=1951|publisher=Michigan State Library}}
External links
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Ethlyn T. Clough}}
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Category:19th-century American newspaper publishers (people)
Category:19th-century American newspaper editors
Category:19th-century American women journalists
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Category:20th-century American women writers
Category:American women non-fiction writers
Category:People from Monroeville, Ohio