Kathleen L. Endres is a distinguished professor of Communications at the University of Akron and has written extensively on the history of Akron women. Carolyn H. Herman has been active in the women's community in Akron for 20 years; she is especially devoted to the Women's Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation, one of the groups benefiting from the profits of this book and the only local grant-making entity that exclusively funds projects that benefit women and girls in Summit County, Ohio. Penny L. Fox is a native Ohioan, a freelance writer, and a business owner.