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I love stories of women in history who saw something wrong or unjust in their local communities and bravely spoke out and fought for justice. Dr. Elizabeth Hayes, also known as Dr. Betty, was one of
FORCE — A doctor who was a public health advocate and fought for the protection of coal miners and their families in Elk County 80 years ago, has been honored with the renaming of a stretch of highway. Elizabeth Hayes, who was better known as […]
ELK COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A special tribute was held this Labor Day in Elk County for a woman who stood up to save the lives of many in her community. On Monday, Sept. 4, a section of Route 255 was renamed in honor of Elizabeth Hayes, who is better known as Dr. Betty Hayes. […]
To the miners living in squalor in southern Elk County, she was a hero; to the executives getting rich off of Shawmut Mining and Railroad, she was “the creature we
“Dr. Betty” led 350 miners on a strike in Pennsylvania in 1945 demanding that the mining company that owned their town improve horridly unsanitary conditions.