Barrett, Rose Tyler (b. 1889)
Barrett, Rose Tyler (b. 1889)
American city manager. Born 1889 at XYZ Ranch, Spink Co., South Dakota.
Receiving only a 5th-grade education, married at 19 and was a widow by 24; studied commercial law at night school and opened a real-estate business; came to wealth as a result of land investments in Warrenton, Oregon; became the 1st woman city manager when she took the post in Warrenton (c. 1920), heading a corporate entity with a capital worth of $3 million.
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