https://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/files/original/edce2ea28092f9a7ba55dc5b612dcdc5.jpg 1d7ebbc3d50af9cf0f3556577cecb3ed https://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/files/original/547a5f05eb6559fd18608f9a92fdb174.jpg 0b57a13a1d415d0ee8e71185bca7ae78 https://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/files/original/2523336628846dfd06449f0befb21da9.jpg e9924ad356256493be66fc32bebdfc32 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Woman of the Century  Women Subject The topic of the resource Women in Willard and Livermore's A Woman of the Century Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource McMaster, MaryKate Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cerqueira, Danielle Chaisson, Jackie Cook, Brittany N. Diallo, Binta Del Vecchio, Lauren Ellis, Mallory Hoops, Katharine McMaster, MaryKate Miller, Robbin Morrissey, Carla B. Morrissey, Margaret Mushinsky, Jackie Osher, Alana Parton, Katy Ravitz, Amy Skoog, Susan Tirone, Trish Vezeau, Keith Williamson, Emily Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource McMaster, MaryKate Person An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Marital Status Marital Status of the individual as listed in A Woman of the Century Married Occupation(s) in WOC Occupation(s) of the woman listed at the beginning of her A Woman of the Century biographical sketch woman suffragist Occupational Categories Broad occupational categories that the individual participated in. Please check as many as apply Reform Women's Rights Occupation An occupation or activity the individual participated in. Please put each occupation or activity in a separate box. woman suffragist Organization Organizations the individual was affiliated with Woman's National Liberal Union World Psychical Congress Women's Psychical Congress Committee Pro Re Nata Women's Club Floyd Memorial Association Washington Liberty Bell Association Places Resided Places the woman lived during her lifetime. Please add these in chronological order in one box here, then add in separate boxes in the Location category below. New York, NY; Yorkshire, ENG; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC. Location (Address, City/Town, State [if USA] or Country) Location Please add all available information for one location in the order listed above. For additional locations, please use separate boxes. New York, NY Yorkshire, ENG Philadelphia, PA Washington, DC Personal Network Individuals mentioned as connected to the woman within the individual's A Woman of the Century biographical sketch and any other sources. Barton, Clara, 1821-1912 Bates, Joseph W. Bradwell, Myra, 1831-1894 Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899 Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826-1898 Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1839-1898 Bibliography Resource used while compiling the item. <ul> <li>Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0041; FHL microfilm: 1240160 Source InformationAncestry.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.</li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.), 28 Nov. 1892. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87080287/1892-11-28/ed-1/seq-4/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87080287/1892-11-28/ed-1/seq-4/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 24 Feb. 1900. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1900-02-24/ed-1/seq-3/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1900-02-24/ed-1/seq-3/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 02 Jan. 1900. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1900-01-02/ed-1/seq-2/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1900-01-02/ed-1/seq-2/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>The Washington critic. (Washington City, D.C.), 24 Feb. 1890. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn2008058169/1890-02-24/ed-3/seq-1/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn2008058169/1890-02-24/ed-3/seq-1/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]), 23 March 1890. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1890-03-23/ed-1/seq-20/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1890-03-23/ed-1/seq-20/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>The Washington times. (Washington, D.C.), 11 Nov. 1894. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062244/1894-11-11/ed-1/seq-10/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062244/1894-11-11/ed-1/seq-10/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa), 30 May 1901. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85049554/1901-05-30/ed-1/seq-3/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85049554/1901-05-30/ed-1/seq-3/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 12 Feb. 1904. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1904-02-12/ed-1/seq-17/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1904-02-12/ed-1/seq-17/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 17 Feb. 1905. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1905-02-17/ed-1/seq-14/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1905-02-17/ed-1/seq-14/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 25 Feb. 1892. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1892-02-25/ed-1/seq-9/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1892-02-25/ed-1/seq-9/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 07 March 1892. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1892-03-07/ed-1/seq-6/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1892-03-07/ed-1/seq-6/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 07 March 1892. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1892-03-07/ed-1/seq-6/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1892-03-07/ed-1/seq-6/</a>></li> </ul> <ul class="plain"> <li>The Washington times. (Washington, D.C.), 27 Nov. 1894. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062244/1894-11-27/ed-1/seq-4/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062244/1894-11-27/ed-1/seq-4/</a>></li> </ul> <ul> <li>AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elliott_Coues_House_-_Washington,_D.C.jpg">AgnosticPreachersKid</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons</li> </ul> <ul> <li>https://www.nps.gov/places/elliott-coues-house.htm</li> </ul> Notes Add additional information about the woman in this box. The 1900 Federal Census lists her birth as Jan. 1835 Conventions Did the individual participate in a convention? Yes URL <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87080287/1892-11-28/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=3&words=Coues+E+Mary&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Mary+E.+Coues&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.), November 28, 1892, Image 4</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1900-02-24/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=6&words=Coues+E+Mary&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Mary+E.+Coues&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), February 24, 1900, Page 3, Image 3</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1900-01-02/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1789&index=0&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Coues+Emily+Mary&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Mary+Emily+Coues&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), January 02, 1900, Page 2, Image 2</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn2008058169/1890-02-24/ed-3/seq-1/#date1=1890&index=2&rows=20&words=LIBERAL+Liberal+NATIONAL+National+UNION+Union+Woman+WOMAN&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1910&proxtext=Woman%27s+National+Liberal+Union&y=9&x=10&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">The Washington critic. (Washington City, D.C.), February 24, 1890, Third Edition, EXTRA, Image 1</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1890-03-23/ed-1/seq-20/#date1=1890&index=1&date2=1910&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Coues+Elliott+Liberal+National+Union+Woman&proxdistance=5&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=Woman%27s+National+Liberal+Union&phrasetext=Elliott+Coues&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]), March 23, 1890, THIRD PART, Page 20, Image 20</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062244/1894-11-11/ed-1/seq-10/#date1=1890&index=0&date2=1910&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Coues+Elliott+Mrs&proxdistance=5&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=+&phrasetext=Mrs.+Elliott+Coues&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">The Washington times. (Washington, D.C.), November 11, 1894, Page 10, Image 10</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85049554/1901-05-30/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1890&index=1&date2=1910&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Coues+Elliott+Mrs&proxdistance=5&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=+&phrasetext=Mrs.+Elliott+Coues&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa), May 30, 1901, Image 3</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1904-02-12/ed-1/seq-17/#date1=1890&sort=date&date2=1910&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=3&words=Coues+Elliott+Mrs&proxdistance=5&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=+&phrasetext=Mrs.+Elliott+Coues&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2">Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), February 12, 1904, Image 17</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1905-02-17/ed-1/seq-14/#date1=1890&sort=date&date2=1910&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=4&words=Coues+Elliott+Mrs&proxdistance=5&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=+&phrasetext=Mrs.+Elliott+Coues&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2">Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), February 17, 1905, Page 14, Image 14</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1892-02-25/ed-1/seq-9/#date1=1777&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=1&words=Nata+Pro+Re&proxdistance=5&state=District+of+Columbia&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Pro+Re+Nata&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), February 25, 1892, Page 8, Image 9</a> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062244/1894-11-27/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1777&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=7&words=Nata+Pro+Re&proxdistance=5&state=District+of+Columbia&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Pro+Re+Nata&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">The Washington times. (Washington, D.C.), November 27, 1894, Page 4, Image 4</a> <a href="https://www.nps.gov/places/elliott-coues-house.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elliott Coues House - National Park Service</a> Birth Date The individual's birth date. Ex: February 14, 2017 August 26, 1835 Birth Year The year of the individual's birth 1835 Generation A ten year period within which this person's birth falls. Generations begin on the 1 and end on the 0. For example, 1811-1820. 1831-1840 Birthplace The individual's birthplace. Ex: North Oxford, MA New York, NY State or Country of Birth If the individual was born in the United States, add the two letter designation for the state. If the individual was born outside of the United States, add the appropriate three letter designation NY Nationality The nationality of the individual. American Lived or Visited Abroad Did the individual live in or visit a country outside of the United States? Yes Death Date The individual's death date Ex: February 14, 2017 If only the year is known, please list the year. 1906 Page(s) in WOC Page numbers for the woman's biographical sketch in A Woman of the Century. <a href="https://archive.org/details/womanofcenturyfo00will/page/210" target="_blank" rel="noopener">210-211</a> Name in WOC The individual's name as listed in A Woman of the Century COUES, Mrs. Mary Emily Bennett Birth Name The individual's birth name Bennett, Mary Emily Gender The gender of the individual. Female Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource COUES, Mrs. Mary Emily Bennett Description An account of the resource Mary Emily Bennett Coues was born in New York, New York on August 26, 1835.  After traveling to and living abroad, Mary Emily married Philadelphia merchant Joseph W. Bates.  In addition to their Philadelphia mansion at 1814 Chestnut Street, the couple lived in Yorkshire, England.  Joseph passed away in 1886. The next year, Mary Emily married Dr. Elliott Coues, a scientist and writer, in a ceremony performed by <a href="http://www.marykatemcmaster.org/MDP/items/show/40" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Edward Everett Hale</a>.  Mary Emily and Elliot lived at <a href="https://www.nps.gov/places/elliott-coues-house.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1726 N Street NW</a> in Washington, D.C. Mary Emily and <a href="http://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Clara Barton</a> were two of the founding members of the <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1892-02-25/ed-1/seq-9/#date1=1777&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=1&words=Nata+Pro+Re&proxdistance=5&state=District+of+Columbia&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Pro+Re+Nata&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pro Re Nata</a> women's club in Washington, D.C. in 1892.  She was one of Pro Re Nata's representatives to the <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1893-09-29/ed-1/seq-10/#date1=1777&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=3&words=Nata+Pro+Re&proxdistance=5&state=District+of+Columbia&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Pro+Re+Nata&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Liberty Bell Association</a> in 1893, helping to promote a performance of "As You Like It" for people in Washington. In addition, Mary Emily and Elliott were involved with the World Psychical Science Congress in Chicago in 1893,  Mary Emily was a member of the Woman's Psychical Congress Committee, along with <a href="http://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/exhibits/show/womenoftheweekexhibits/item/69" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Frances Elizabeth Willard</a>, <a href="http://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/64" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Myra Bradwell</a>, and several other women. The Washington Times <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062244/1894-11-27/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1777&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=7&words=Nata+Pro+Re&proxdistance=5&state=District+of+Columbia&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Pro+Re+Nata&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supported</a> Mary Emily's 1894 bill "To prohibit expectoration in public places," noting that it "deserves from the general public as serious consideration as it has been given by the Pro Re Nata Club.  It has both aesthetic and sanitary claims."   In 1895, she became a member of the Floyd Memorial Association, a group of people who strove to erect a memorial to the noted explorer of the West. Mary Emily, who was widowed on Christmas Day in 1899, was living at her Washington, D.C. home at the turn of the century.  In mid-February of 1904 and 1905, she attended receptions at the White House given by President and Mrs. Roosevelt.  Mary Emily passed away in 1906. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource McMaster, MaryKate Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant POINT(-8236013.359553141 4973037.249698174)|POINT(-8368153.7952045 4858941.586125)|POINT(-8576015.9332971 4708365.5670297)|POINT(-119026.78496629 7150731.7682254)|8|-8229458.8843781|4979834.1735713|osm Mary Emily Bennett Coues was born in New York, NY on August 26, 1835.  She later lived in Yorkshire, England, Philadelphia, PA, and Washington, DC. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Elliot Coues House image attribution AgnosticPreachersKid [<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elliott_Coues_House.JPG">via Wikimedia Commons</a> 1831-1840 1835 August Clara Barton Edward Everett Hale Elliott Coues Floyd Memorial Association Frances Elizabeth Willard Mary Emily Bennett Coues Matilda Joslyn Gage Myra Bradwell New York City NY Pro Re Nata Reform reformer Theodore Roosevelt Washington Liberty Bell Association woman suffragist Woman's National Liberal Union Woman's Psychological Congress women's clubs Women's Rights World Psychical Congress