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223,https://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/223,"McCULLOCH, Mrs. Catharine Waugh",,"
Catharine Waugh McCulloch was born in Ransomville, New York, on June 4, 1862. She graduated from Rockford Female Seminary, earning both a bachelor's degree and master's degree, and attended Union College of Law.
A temperance advocate from an early age, Catharine was a member of the Young Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Also passionate about suffrage, she passed out a pro-suffrage speech to counter the anti-suffrage speech that her town's Presbyterian minister was giving.
Catharine practiced law with Frank Hathorn McCulloch, a law school classmate whom she married on May 30, 1890, in Winnebago, Illinois. Their firm was known as McCulloch & McCulloch.
Catharine spoke at many events in support of suffrage. At the Cleveland convention in 1896, she and Julia Holmes Smith each presented an argument for the Democratic Party supporting suffrage.
One milestone in Catharine's legal career was on February 21, 1898, when she was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court.
By 1900, Catharine was listed as a lawyer living at 2236 Orrington Avenue in Evanston with her husband and her children, Hugh and Hathorn.
Catharine and Frank filed an argument and brief in Chicago in support of municipal suffrage for women in late May of 1906. The next year, when Catharine was elected justice of the peace for Evanston, and the first female justice of the peace in the country, she changed the marriage contract to omit the wording that a woman must obey her husband.
The McCullochs took a four-month trip to Europe during the summer of 1908 and visited several countries. By this time, their family had had expanded to include two younger children, Catharine and Frank.
Catharine spoke before the Society of Anthropology in 1909, making an argument that ""woman was the originator of most of the good things in the world."" After praising women from Eve on, she asked her audience to vote on woman suffrage and got a positive result.
Catharine was the legal advisor for the National American Woman Suffrage Association, while also serving as an auditor, and later the Vice-President. At the time of the 1912 Presidential campaign, Catharine insisted that the Republican Party would suffer the wrath of the suffragists if suffrage was not included in the platform.
Later that year, she placed an ad in the Rock Island Argus that she would pay one dollar for every one hundred signatures collected in support of Illinois suffrage. While she toiled mightily for suffrage, Catharine was quite vocal in her opposition to the ""militant methods"" of British suffrage leader Emmeline Pankhurst. Her efforts were successful and Illinois women gained suffrage in 1913.
Catharine was overjoyed when the Illinois Democratic state convention selected her as a 1916 delegate for Woodrow Wison, commenting, ""The Democratic party has, indeed, put itself out to honor womanhood."" She continued her efforts for suffrage for Illinois women in February of 1917, arguing for an amendment, against Grace Wilbur Trout, who believed that a convention alone would suffice. Unfortunately for Catharine, the constitutional convention route was chosen by the time September came. According to Free-Trader Journal, Catharine wanted to unify women in the state, so she agreed to support the constitutional convention. Catharine continued to speak in Iowa and other states in support of suffrage.
Once the League of Women Voters was founded in 1919, Catharine was involved with this organization. By 1922, she was the chair of the committee on uniform laws. According to Washington D.C.'s Evening Star, this committee advocated for several issues related to marriage and motherhood.
A 1926 article by Lillian Campbell celebrated Catharine's forty years of having success in her law practice. After mentioning some of her professional accomplishments, it notes, ""She is the mother of four children, all university graduates, and two of her sons practice law with their father and mother.""
Catharine continued being active in the Democratic Party, speaking at the conventions of the National Woman's Democratic Law Enforcement League in 1929 and 1931, and serving as its Second Vice President from 1929 until at least 1932. She also served her country as a member of the Committee on Cultural Relations with Latin America.
During her long career, in addition to her work in the field of law and her suffrage work, Catharine found time to advocate for temperance, to serve as legal advisor to the W.C.T.U., to write books and plays., and to participate in numerous organizations in the Chicago area.
Catharine passed away in Evanston on April 20, 1945, and was buried three days later in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery.
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Catharine Waugh McCulloch was born in Ransomville, NY on June 4, 1862. She later lived in New Milford, IL Rockford, IL, and Evanston, IL.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Drachman, Virginia G. Women Lawyers and the Originof Professional Identity in America: The Letters of the Equity Club , 1887 to 1890. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c1993. On Haithi Trust^^Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.), October 13, 1892, Image 4^^Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.), October 31, 1895, Image 6^^The Progress. (Shreveport, La.), February 13, 1897, Page 11, Image 11^^The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]), July 09, 1896, Page 2, Image 2^^The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.), April 07, 1898, Image 4^^The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.), September 21, 1901, Page 6, Image 6^^The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.), May 27, 1906, Part I, News Section, Page 3, Image 3^^The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]), April 07, 1907, Page 21, Image 21^^Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.), August 21, 1912, HOME EDITION, Image 11^^Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.), October 11, 1913, HOME EDITION, Page 16, Image 16^^Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.), September 27, 1916, Image 1^^Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), April 10, 1932, Page A-6, Image 6^^Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.), February 03, 1917, Image 1^^Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.), September 28, 1917, Page PAGE TWO, Image 3^^The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa), September 13, 1919, Image 9^^Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), April 16, 1922, Page 3, Image 35^^Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.), December 16, 1926, Page FOUR, Image 4^^Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), February 27, 1929, Page 13, Image 13^^Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), March 10, 1929, Page 12, Image 56^^The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio), July 01, 1930, Image 4^^The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]), February 21, 1909, Second Section, Page 7, Image 21^^The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.), November 11, 1900, Page 4, Image 4^^St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.), December 07, 1887, Page 6, Image 7",,,"June 4, 1862","Ransomville, Niagara County, NY","April 20, 1945","Lawyer^^Author^^Lecturerr^^Playwright^^Reformer^^Temperance Advocate^^Suffragist",,"^^
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- Year: 1900; Census Place: Evanston Ward 6, Cook, Illinois; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 1160 Source: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
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- Year: 1910; Census Place: Evanston Ward 6, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_240; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0108; FHL microfilm: 1374253 Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C
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- Year: 1920; Census Place: Evanston Ward 7, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T625_358; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 88 Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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- Ancestry.com. Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Illinois Marriages. Various Illinois County collections.
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- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Roll #: 60; Volume #: Roll 0060 - Certificates: 51830-52784, 06 May 1908-13 May 1908 Volume: Roll 0060 - Certificates: 51830-52784, 06 May 1908-13 May 1908 Ancestry.com. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Selected Passports. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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202,https://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/202,"BUTLER, Miss Clementina",,"Evangelist Clementina Butler was born in Bareilly, India on January 7, 1862. The daughter of Methodist Episcopal minister and evangelist Rev. William Butler and evangelist Clementina Rowe Butler, Clementina moved quite often during her childhood. After leaving India, the Butlers moved to Mexico City, Mexico. They returned to Newton Center, MA in 1866.
Not surprisingly, Clementina became an evangelist, too. In addition to founding the Committee on Christian Literature for Women and Children in Mission Fields, she was a member of the American Ramabi Association and the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
After her father's death, Clementina wrote William Butler The Founder of Two Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church. By His Daughter, which was published in 1902.
Clementina moved to Providence, RI in January of 1916 and soon embarked on missionary trips to Cuba, Panama, and Mexico for conferences and missionary work.
After Ramabi's death in 1922, Clementina, who was Chairman of the Executive Committee of the American Ramabi Association, wrote Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati; Pioneer in the Movement for the Education of the Child-widow of India.
While living at 84 Sycamore Avenue in West Barrington, RI in March of 1932, seventy-year-old Clementina took a trip to Bombay, India.
In 1934, she traveled to Maryland to give talks about her work. On April 13, The Midland Journal of Rising Sun MD discussed her recent talk at the Methodist Episcopal church. Speaking about Clementina, it noted: ""Miss Butler is a forceful speaker and her extensive travel and knowledge of affairs enable her to give facts in an interesting manner. Her recent work has been in Mexico.""
Clementina's mother was one of the founders of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Boston's Tremont Street Methodist Episcopal Church in 1869. During the 1940s, Clementina paid for new windows at the church to honor the founders and the first two missionaries.
She passed away on December 5, 1949, and was buried near her parents in Newton Cemetery in Newton, MA.",,,,,"McMaster, MaryKate",,,,,,,"POINT(8839248.4150527 3291527.3849588)|POINT(-11031045.565297 2209176.6759344)|POINT(-7927038.0213762 5211683.1615686)|POINT(-7940108.7532111 5122146.7375733)|POINT(-7949854.4743161 5134529.5361538)|6|8851840.2211326|3237608.2274825|osm
Clementina Butler was born in Bareilly, India on January 7, 1862. She later lived in Mexico City, Mexico, Newton Center, MA,, Providence, RI, and West Barrington, RI.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Boston University Special Collections. Butler, William (1818-1899) and Clementina [Rowe] (1820-1913).. Founders of American Methodist missions in India and Mexico^^The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.), April 20, 1934, Image 1^^The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.), April 13, 1934, Image 1^^Site of the Founding of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Boston, Massachusetts Heritage Landmark of the United Methodist Church^^Clementina Butler Find A Grave",,,"January 7, 1862","Bareilly, India",,"Evangelist^^Author^^Public Speaker^^Biographer",,"^^^^^^^^
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Source Citation
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 287; Volume #: Roll 0287 - Certificates: 15501-15900, 19 Jan 1916-25 Jan 1916
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
Original data: Selected Passports. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Source Citation
Year: 1932; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 5131; Line: 5; Page Number: 185
Source Information
Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
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Ancestry.com. Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.
Original data: Gale Research Company. Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Detroit, MI, USA: Gale Research Company, 2008.
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62,https://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/62,"HIGGINSON, Mrs. Ella Rhoads",,"Poet and author Ella Rhoads Higginson was born in Council Grove, Kansas, on January 28, 1862. Her family moved to Portland, Oregon, when she was a child, and they later lived in Oregon City, Oregon.
Ella married Russell C. Higginson in 1886, and the couple moved to Bellingham, Washington. He was a druggist, and she began publishing her writing. Ella contributed to many magazines, including Harper's Magazine, McClure's Magazine, Once A Week, Scribner's Magazine, and Woman's Home Companion. She also was a book critic for The Seattle Times. Ella's most well-known poem was ""Four Leaf Clover.""
She served as editor of the women's department and contributed poems to West Shore. In 1905, Ella served as assistant editor of The Westerner, a new Seattle, Washington periodical that was edited by Edgar L. Hampton. According to The Ranch of June 15, 1905, ""The feature in this number is 'Orilla,"" a Puget Sound novelette by Ella Higginson.""
Ella was well-regarded by her contemporaries. The Seattle Republican of April 5, 1912, noted, ""In Bellingham there lives one of the truly great novelists, Ella Higginson. Her 'Mary Ella Out West,' if that is the correct title, is the equal of either the 'Scarlet Letter' or 'Adam Bede.'""
In addition to her writing, Ella, a woman's rights supporter, was the campaign manager for Frances C. Axtell, the Washington State Legislature's first female member.
Ella's philanthropic work included being involved with founding Bellingham's first public library and volunteering for the American Red Cross.
On June 17, 1931, Ella received the honor of becoming the poet laureate of Washington State.
She passed away on December 27, 1940.
Ella was featured in ""Ella Higginson and the Pacific Northwest"" by Laura Laffrado on C-Span's BookTV video on December 9, 2013.
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