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Dr. Katherine [Davis] (LOC)

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  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Sociologist Katharine Bement Davis (1861?-1935), New York CIty Corrections Commissioner beginning in 1914. www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/kbd/kbdframe.html
  • Wystan said:
    Appointed to her position by the newly-elected Mayor of New York, John Puroy Mitchel. Another Bain/LOC portrait of Katherine Davis:
  • Richard Norton said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Bement_Davis
  • Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
    pennylrichardsca: Thanks for the further information on Dr. Davis. We will add to the record when we update.
  • Wystan said:
    Dr. Davis assumed her position as NYC's Commissioner of Corrections on January 1, 1914, and the Bain News Agency immediately circulated photos of her on the job: