Ida was the daughter of Charles Henry and Fanny May (Kendrick) Taylor. She was educated in the Harwich town schools, graduating from Harwich High School in 1910. In 1914, she graduated from Boston’s Bryant and Stratton School of Business.
Ida was a pioneer of women in banking, a field dominated by men in the early 1900’s. She was hired as a clerk by the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank in 1915 – the first woman hired by the bank. In 1921, she was named assistant treasurer, then in 1934 was elected as the bank’s first woman trustee. In 1942, Ida succeeded Ralph H. Snow as treasurer, then in 1952 was elected as a vice president of the bank. Later in 1952, she was nominated for the bank’s presidency, but declined to be considered. She retired from her duties as treasurer in 1958, continuing on in her vice president role. It is accepted that she was the first woman to serve as a bank’s vice president in the state of Massachusetts.
In addition to her work at the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, Ida sang in the choir of the Pilgrim Church, served as president of the Harwich Women’s Club, was a partner in the Ralph H. Snow Insurance Agency, and was a founding member of the Cape Cod Red Cross Chapter, chartered in July of 1915.
Ida died in Englewood, Sarasota County, Florida, and her body was transported to the Mount Pleasant Cemetery for interment on April 1, 1971.
(Source for bio: Joan M. Maloney (2001). Community life: Harwich and the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank 1855-1955.)
Ida was a pioneer of women in banking, a field dominated by men in the early 1900’s. She was hired as a clerk by the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank in 1915 – the first woman hired by the bank. In 1921, she was named assistant treasurer, then in 1934 was elected as the bank’s first woman trustee. In 1942, Ida succeeded Ralph H. Snow as treasurer, then in 1952 was elected as a vice president of the bank. Later in 1952, she was nominated for the bank’s presidency, but declined to be considered. She retired from her duties as treasurer in 1958, continuing on in her vice president role. It is accepted that she was the first woman to serve as a bank’s vice president in the state of Massachusetts.
In addition to her work at the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, Ida sang in the choir of the Pilgrim Church, served as president of the Harwich Women’s Club, was a partner in the Ralph H. Snow Insurance Agency, and was a founding member of the Cape Cod Red Cross Chapter, chartered in July of 1915.
Ida died in Englewood, Sarasota County, Florida, and her body was transported to the Mount Pleasant Cemetery for interment on April 1, 1971.
(Source for bio: Joan M. Maloney (2001). Community life: Harwich and the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank 1855-1955.)
Ida was the daughter of Charles Henry and Fanny May (Kendrick) Taylor. She was educated in the Harwich town schools, graduating from Harwich High School in 1910. In 1914, she graduated from Boston’s Bryant and Stratton School of Business.
Ida was a pioneer of women in banking, a field dominated by men in the early 1900’s. She was hired as a clerk by the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank in 1915 – the first woman hired by the bank. In 1921, she was named assistant treasurer, then in 1934 was elected as the bank’s first woman trustee. In 1942, Ida succeeded Ralph H. Snow as treasurer, then in 1952 was elected as a vice president of the bank. Later in 1952, she was nominated for the bank’s presidency, but declined to be considered. She retired from her duties as treasurer in 1958, continuing on in her vice president role. It is accepted that she was the first woman to serve as a bank’s vice president in the state of Massachusetts.
In addition to her work at the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, Ida sang in the choir of the Pilgrim Church, served as president of the Harwich Women’s Club, was a partner in the Ralph H. Snow Insurance Agency, and was a founding member of the Cape Cod Red Cross Chapter, chartered in July of 1915.
Ida died in Englewood, Sarasota County, Florida, and her body was transported to the Mount Pleasant Cemetery for interment on April 1, 1971.
(Source for bio: Joan M. Maloney (2001). Community life: Harwich and the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank 1855-1955.)
Ida was a pioneer of women in banking, a field dominated by men in the early 1900’s. She was hired as a clerk by the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank in 1915 – the first woman hired by the bank. In 1921, she was named assistant treasurer, then in 1934 was elected as the bank’s first woman trustee. In 1942, Ida succeeded Ralph H. Snow as treasurer, then in 1952 was elected as a vice president of the bank. Later in 1952, she was nominated for the bank’s presidency, but declined to be considered. She retired from her duties as treasurer in 1958, continuing on in her vice president role. It is accepted that she was the first woman to serve as a bank’s vice president in the state of Massachusetts.
In addition to her work at the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, Ida sang in the choir of the Pilgrim Church, served as president of the Harwich Women’s Club, was a partner in the Ralph H. Snow Insurance Agency, and was a founding member of the Cape Cod Red Cross Chapter, chartered in July of 1915.
Ida died in Englewood, Sarasota County, Florida, and her body was transported to the Mount Pleasant Cemetery for interment on April 1, 1971.
(Source for bio: Joan M. Maloney (2001). Community life: Harwich and the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank 1855-1955.)
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