Anna Hayward Merritt brought into her life and work a civic spirit which made her a real asset to the community. In addition to being a teacher of exceptional ability, she was a citizen who felt a keen interest in raising the educational and cultural level of Lockport. She graduated from Lockport Union school. She taught first at the Wilson Union school in 1886 for a year and then for 5 years at Lockport Union school. For 15 years she served with distinction as a member of the Board of Education. She also devoted 10 years on the Board of Trustees of the Lockport Public Library. She always took a sincere interest in all undertakings. She was a founder of the Mothers' Club and New Century Club. She was a member of the Saturday Club, the Monday Reading Club, Women's Church and Missionary Society (First Presbyterian Church) and the Secretary of the NY PTA (Mother's Congress of NY) from 1910-1912.
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