Katrina Ely Tiffany
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March 25, 1875
Katrina Ely Tiffany | |
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.jpg) Tiffany carrying the American flag in a suffrage parade in New York City, 1917 | |
| Born | Katrina Brandes Ely March 25, 1875 Altoona, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | March 11, 1927 (aged 51) New York City, US |
| 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]
Career
Despite her husband's opposition to suffrage work, 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]
