I have been doing some background research on some influential women in Cleveland for the Woodland Cemetery Association.  Very interesting work.  Many of these women were wealthy and had homes on the famous Millionaires Row on Euclid Avenue.  Many were of New England backgrounds and puritan ethics.   they put their efforts, influence and money toward social improvements.  They built schools for women, they campaigned against alcohol, child labor and for women's suffrage.  They created orphanges for those whose parents were taken from them in cholera epidemics.  they left their carriages and drivers and walked the poor neighborhoods offering food and bible readings.  They convinced their husbands and his business partners to donated land and money to build structures like the Salvation Army hospital,  The Western Reserve school for Women, Friendly Inns settlement house; institutions which still serve the citizens of Cleveland to this day.  They were positive forces for change.  Bravo ladies.