Evalyn France | |
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Born | Evalyn Smith Nesbitt 1855
Port Deposit, Maryland, U.S. |
Died | April 22, 1927
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 71–72)
Resting place | Hopewell Cemetery Woodlawn, Maryland |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Wesleyan Female College Wilmington, Delaware |
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Evalyn Smith Nesbitt Tome France (1855 – April 22, 1927) was the first woman president of a national bank.
Evalyn Smith Nesbitt was born in 1855 in Port Deposit, Maryland, to Henry C. Nesbitt, a merchant who owned a general store in Port Deposit and branch stores in Harford County, Maryland. [1] [2] [3] [4] In 1873, she received a degree in English literature from Wesleyan Female College in Wilmington, Delaware. [2]
With her husband Jacob Tome, she co-founded the Tome School in Port Deposit. [2] After it opened in 1894, she served as the president of the board of trustees. [5] [4]
She served as president of the Cecil National Bank of Port Deposit from 1898 to 1906 and of the National Bank of Elkton, Maryland, from 1898 to 1906. [1] [2]
She married Jacob Tome, a millionaire and philanthropist, on October 1, 1884. [6] He died in 1898. [4]
She married Dr. Joseph I. France, a teacher at the Tome School, in June 24, 1903. [1] [5] [7] After he was elected as a U.S. senator in 1916, she helped form the Ladies of the Senate group, later called the Senate Spouses, in Washington, D.C.; she also entertained First Lady Grace Coolidge. [1] [5] Joseph France would run for U.S. president in 1932, after Evalyn France's death. [7]
She died on April 22, 1927, from complications from an operation for a goiter at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. [2] She was interred at Hopewell Cemetery near Woodlawn, Maryland. [8]
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Evalyn France | |
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Born | Evalyn Smith Nesbitt 1855
Port Deposit, Maryland, U.S. |
Died | April 22, 1927
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 71–72)
Resting place | Hopewell Cemetery Woodlawn, Maryland |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Wesleyan Female College Wilmington, Delaware |
Occupations |
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Spouses |
Evalyn Smith Nesbitt Tome France (1855 – April 22, 1927) was the first woman president of a national bank.
Evalyn Smith Nesbitt was born in 1855 in Port Deposit, Maryland, to Henry C. Nesbitt, a merchant who owned a general store in Port Deposit and branch stores in Harford County, Maryland. [1] [2] [3] [4] In 1873, she received a degree in English literature from Wesleyan Female College in Wilmington, Delaware. [2]
With her husband Jacob Tome, she co-founded the Tome School in Port Deposit. [2] After it opened in 1894, she served as the president of the board of trustees. [5] [4]
She served as president of the Cecil National Bank of Port Deposit from 1898 to 1906 and of the National Bank of Elkton, Maryland, from 1898 to 1906. [1] [2]
She married Jacob Tome, a millionaire and philanthropist, on October 1, 1884. [6] He died in 1898. [4]
She married Dr. Joseph I. France, a teacher at the Tome School, in June 24, 1903. [1] [5] [7] After he was elected as a U.S. senator in 1916, she helped form the Ladies of the Senate group, later called the Senate Spouses, in Washington, D.C.; she also entertained First Lady Grace Coolidge. [1] [5] Joseph France would run for U.S. president in 1932, after Evalyn France's death. [7]
She died on April 22, 1927, from complications from an operation for a goiter at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. [2] She was interred at Hopewell Cemetery near Woodlawn, Maryland. [8]
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