HerStory Spotlight: Edna S. Dutton
For more than four decades, Miss Edna S. Dutton helped tell the story of Marion through her work at The Marion Star. Beginning her career as a proofreader in 1914, she later became the paper’s society editor, chronicling the people, events, and civic life that shaped the community until her retirement in 1957.
Before her journalism career, Miss Dutton taught at the intermediate school in Agosta, Ohio. One of her classes, on the right shows her classroom in 1914 with Miss Dutton on the far right, looking unsatisfied with the class! Her lifelong dedication to education, communication, and community service would become hallmarks of her career.
Beyond journalism, Miss Dutton was deeply involved in Marion’s civic and cultural organizations. She served with the American Red Cross, worked with the Salvation Army, supported the Marion Community Foundation, and participated in numerous women’s, literary, and musical clubs within the Marion Women's Club, including the Business Women's Club (Edna in the photo to the left with other business women's club members).
Through both her reporting and her service, Miss Dutton helped document Marion’s history while actively shaping it, ensuring the stories of the community would be remembered for generations.
Do you remember Miss Dutton or her articles?
