Dorothea “Dorothy”“Dollie” T. Rudd (c.1873- 1954) – Rudd came to Piqua from Springfield in
the early 1920’s. With the death of her husband John R. Rudd in 1934, she became the first local
African-American woman to own a local industry, the Favorite Chemical & Supply Company
(embalming fluid) from 1934 through c.1942. She was active with the YWCA. Rudd left Piqua
during World War II to live in Kansas.