Katherine duer mackay blake
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Katherine Duer Mackay
American suffragist and socialite
Katherine Duer Mackay | |
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Portrait by Théobald Chartran | |
| Born | Katherine Alexander Duer 1878 (1878) New York, New York |
| Died | 1930 (aged 51–52) |
| Nationality | American |
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| Spouses | Clarence Mackay (m. 1898; div. 1914)Joseph Blake (m. 1914, divorced) |
| Children | 3 (including Ellin Berlin) |
Katherine Alexander Duer Mackay (1878–1930) was an American suffragist, socialite and writer from New York city. She was the founder of the Equal Franchise Society. Her involvement with the woman's suffrage movement "encouraged other wealthy women to follow her lead and become involved." She was also the first female member of the Roslyn Union Free School District's school board in Roslyn, New York.
Biography
[edit]Katherine Duer was born in New York City in 1878. She w
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Fighting for Suffrage
This captivating portrait of Katherine Duer Mackay (1878-1930) was presumably completed during one of Ambrose McEvoy's trips to America. His famed depictions of human character and beauty, particularly of women, became sought after and he maintained an illustrious list of clients spread between the United Kingdom and amerika, where he was represented for a period bygd the most celebrated international art dealer of the day, Lord Duveen.[1]
Born in New York City in 1878, Katherine Duer Mackay became an esteemed figure in the quest for women's suffrage. Mackay was an only child and direct descendant of the socially prestigious Lady Kitty Duer, daughter of Lord Stirling. In 1898, she married Clarence H. Mackay, heir to a New Money fortune of silver mining and cable technology, who would later become chairman of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company.
Mackay's first political undertaking occurred in 1905 when she was elected to the Roslyn Board of Education.
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Details
0.75 linear feet (2 boxes)
Arranged by recipient
1870-1939
The Mackay Family Correspondence contains letters to and from Mackay family members: Clarence H. Mackay, his wife Katherine Duer, and their children Katherine, Ellin, and John William III. Correspondence mostly dates from 1914-1924. A majority of the letters are from Katherine to her father, Clarence. There is also significant correspondence to Katherine from several individuals, including Fritz R. Caudert, Jr., and her mother Katherine. The collection also includes miscellany such as Robert Z. Hawkins' state bar certificates for Nevada and California, and a copy of The Illustrated Love Magazine with an article about Ellin and Irving Berlin
John William Mackay was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1831 to a working-class family. They immigrated to the United States when Mackay was nine years old, settling in New York City. In 1851, Mackay sailed to California in search of gold. In 1859, that search took him to Virgin