Ethlyn T. Clough

American journalist

Charles W. Clough

(m. 1876; died 1884)

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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.^[1] She was the recording secretary of the Michigan Woman's Press Association (MWPA).^[2]

Early life

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

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

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

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

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

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

Attribution

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Bay View Reading Club (1897). The Bay View Magazine. Vol. 5 (Public domain ed.). Flint, Michigan: Bay View Reading Club. pp. 85, 124, 281.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Chapan Brothers (1890). "MRS. ETHELYN T. CLOUGH.". 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. Chicago: Chapman Brothers. p. 877.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Literary Century (1893). "MRS. ETHELYN T. CLOUGH.". Michigan Woman's Press Association (Public domain ed.). Literary Century.

Bibliography

Fuller, George Newman; Beeson, Lewis (1949). Michigan History. Vol. 33. Michigan History Division of the Department of State.
Michigan State Library (1951). Michigan Library News. Vol. 11–15. Michigan State Library.