Katrina Ely Tiffany | |
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Born | Katrina Brandes Ely March 25, 1875 Altoona, Pennsylvania, US |
Died | March 11, 1927 New York City, US | (aged 51)
Alma mater | Bryn Mawr College |
Known for | suffrage leadership, philanthropy |
Spouse |
Charles Louis Tiffany II
(
m. 1901) |
Parent | Theodore N. Ely |
Relatives | Gertrude Sumner Ely (sister), Louis Comfort Tiffany (father-in-law) |
Katrina Brandes Ely Tiffany (March 25, 1875 – March 11, 1927) was an American suffragist and philanthropist, from a prominent Philadelphia family.
Katrina Brandes Ely was born March 25, 1875, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Theodore N. Ely and Henrietta van Siden Brandes Ely. [1] Her father was vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. She attended the Baldwin School, and graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1897. [2] [3]
Her sister Gertrude Sumner Ely was a noted philanthropist, who was twice awarded the Croix de Guerre for bravery in World War I. [4]
Despite her husband's opposition to suffrage work, Katrina Ely Tiffany was president of the New York Collegiate Equal Franchise League, [5] and an officer of the Woman Suffrage Party of New York, and was a regular speaker at the Glen Cove Equal Suffrage Club near, Elmwood, her summer home on Long Island. [2] In 1916 she was in the "cordon of honor" at the Atlantic City Suffrage Convention, welcoming President Wilson to the event. [6] She led a 1917 suffrage parade in New York City, carrying a large American flag. [7] After suffrage was won, she was active in the League of Women Voters, campaigned for James W. Wadsworth, and advocated for the League of Nations. [8] In 1920 she wrote an article for Harper's Bazaar titled "Women of To-Morrow Need the College of To-Day". [9]
Tiffany chaired the War Service Committee of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), [10] and organized knitted donations for sailors, as chair of the 27th Assembly District's Navy Comforts Unit. [11]
Tiffany served on the executive committees of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children [12] and the Sunnyside Day Nursery. [1] She spent a term as president of the Bryn Mawr College alumnae association, and of the Bryn Mawr Club of New York City. [13]
Katrina Ely married Charles Louis Tiffany II (1878–1947), son of Louis Comfort Tiffany, in 1901. [14] They lived in New York City, and summered in Oyster Bay Cove on Long Island. [2] She died from pneumonia on March 11, 1927, aged 51 years, in New York City. [15] [4] Carrie Chapman Catt and Charles P. Howland spoke at memorial service for Tiffany in New York. "The life of Katrina Ely Tiffany was the best example I know of what a good citizen should be," Catt declared. "She left the world better than she found it." [16] She left the bulk of her estate to her sisters and to the Bryn Mawr College alumnae association. [13]
Katrina Ely Tiffany.
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Katrina Ely Tiffany | |
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Born | Katrina Brandes Ely March 25, 1875 Altoona, Pennsylvania, US |
Died | March 11, 1927 New York City, US | (aged 51)
Alma mater | Bryn Mawr College |
Known for | suffrage leadership, philanthropy |
Spouse |
Charles Louis Tiffany II
(
m. 1901) |
Parent | Theodore N. Ely |
Relatives | Gertrude Sumner Ely (sister), Louis Comfort Tiffany (father-in-law) |
Katrina Brandes Ely Tiffany (March 25, 1875 – March 11, 1927) was an American suffragist and philanthropist, from a prominent Philadelphia family.
Katrina Brandes Ely was born March 25, 1875, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Theodore N. Ely and Henrietta van Siden Brandes Ely. [1] Her father was vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. She attended the Baldwin School, and graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1897. [2] [3]
Her sister Gertrude Sumner Ely was a noted philanthropist, who was twice awarded the Croix de Guerre for bravery in World War I. [4]
Despite her husband's opposition to suffrage work, Katrina Ely Tiffany was president of the New York Collegiate Equal Franchise League, [5] and an officer of the Woman Suffrage Party of New York, and was a regular speaker at the Glen Cove Equal Suffrage Club near, Elmwood, her summer home on Long Island. [2] In 1916 she was in the "cordon of honor" at the Atlantic City Suffrage Convention, welcoming President Wilson to the event. [6] She led a 1917 suffrage parade in New York City, carrying a large American flag. [7] After suffrage was won, she was active in the League of Women Voters, campaigned for James W. Wadsworth, and advocated for the League of Nations. [8] In 1920 she wrote an article for Harper's Bazaar titled "Women of To-Morrow Need the College of To-Day". [9]
Tiffany chaired the War Service Committee of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), [10] and organized knitted donations for sailors, as chair of the 27th Assembly District's Navy Comforts Unit. [11]
Tiffany served on the executive committees of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children [12] and the Sunnyside Day Nursery. [1] She spent a term as president of the Bryn Mawr College alumnae association, and of the Bryn Mawr Club of New York City. [13]
Katrina Ely married Charles Louis Tiffany II (1878–1947), son of Louis Comfort Tiffany, in 1901. [14] They lived in New York City, and summered in Oyster Bay Cove on Long Island. [2] She died from pneumonia on March 11, 1927, aged 51 years, in New York City. [15] [4] Carrie Chapman Catt and Charles P. Howland spoke at memorial service for Tiffany in New York. "The life of Katrina Ely Tiffany was the best example I know of what a good citizen should be," Catt declared. "She left the world better than she found it." [16] She left the bulk of her estate to her sisters and to the Bryn Mawr College alumnae association. [13]
Katrina Ely Tiffany.
Katrina Brandes Ely.
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