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Belle DeAcosta Green - Alice Carpenter - Kath. Davis - Maude Wetmore (LOC)

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• swanq said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_da_Costa_Greene
  "Belle da Costa Greene (November 26, 1879 – May 10, 1950) was an American librarian who managed and developed the personal library of J. P. Morgan. After Morgan's death in 1913, Greene continued as librarian for his son, Jack Morgan, and in 1924 was named the first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library. Despite being born to Black parents, Greene spent her professional career passing for white."
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Bement_Davis
  "Katharine Bement Davis (January 15, 1860 – December 10, 1935) was an American progressive era social reformer and criminologist who became the first woman to head a major New York City agency when she was appointed Correction Commissioner on January 1, 1914."
  "Based on her role in the suffragist community and position as commissioner, Davis was on the Progressive party's 1914 slate for State Constitutional Convention seat, making her the first woman to run for a New York statewide office on a major party ticket."
  
  For more Bain photos of her, see
  - www.flickr.com/photos/tags/katharinebementdavis
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maude_A._K._Wetmore
  "Maude Alice Keteltas Wetmore (February 7, 1873 – November 3, 1951) was an American political organizer and historical preservationist, based in Newport, Rhode Island. She and her sister lived in the Wetmore family mansion, Chateau-sur-Mer, now a museum in Newport."

• swanq said:

  Could be the same Alice Carpenter as in
  
  
  The photo of her speaking to a crowd of men was used in
  Biographical Sketch of Alice Carpenter from Biographical Database of Militant Woman Suffragists, 1913-1920
  - documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1009054706
  
  Both dates on the current negative (one on a stamp) appear to indicate that the photo of the four women is from 1916, perhaps in September.
  
  Alice Carpenter was clearly an activist. See:
  * Varied Activities of Women. New York Herald, Sep 10, 1916, Page 27
  - www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-herald-varied-activit...
  Includes photo of Miss Alice Carpenter, chairman of the city committee of the Hughes [Charles Evans Hughes] Alliance
  "There are some persons born to certain things, and like Mrs. A. Heuston of the Woman Suffrage party, Miss Carpenter was born, among other ends, to lead parades."
  * Miss Carpenter Leads 15,000 Women into Line for Hughes. New-York Tribune, Aug 20, 1916, Page 13
  - www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-miss-carpente...
  Includes photo of Miss Alice Carpenter, chairman of the city committee of the Hughes [Charles Evans Hughes] Alliance
  * A Woman Doctor for Women Investors. New-York Tribune, Aug 04, 1918, Page 46
  - www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-a-woman-docto...
  Includes photo that is clearly of the same woman as in the Bain photo of the 4 women.
  "A WOMAN has opened a department for women in the New York office of one of the largest investment houses in the world, with branches in Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Washington, Paris, London, etc. ... Three years ago on the eighteenth of January the head of the firm sent for Miss Alice Carpenter and said he had reached the conclusion that a department should be opened in which a woman could sell bonds to women investors, explaining to them the elements of finance, giving them the confidence they lacked. And he offered her the position at its head."
  Interestingly, the name of the investment house is not given.
  
  It was William P. Bonbright & Co. See ad at bottom left of
  New York Times, Nov 17, 1915 ·Page 11
  timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/11/17/10504742...
  
  Success! I've now found this photo, by following the date.
  Women Leaders of Hughes Alliance, Buffalo Press and Sun-Bulletin, Wed, Sep 13, 1916, Page 1, top, col 4-6.
  - www.newspapers.com/article/press-and-sun-bulletin-women-l...
  "These are the leaders of the Women's New York City Committee, of the Hughes' Alliance at their first meeting in New York City. They are, left to right, Belle DeAcosta Green, Alice Carpenter, Catherine Davis and Maude Wetmore."
  
  Before finding the picture, I found an article that possibly gives the location:
  New-York Tribune, Sep 11, 1916, Page 4, Col 5 (near top)
  www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-meeting-of-ne...
  "The Women's City Committee of the Hughes Alliance, Miss Alice Carpenter, chairman. will hold its first big meeting in the Hotel Astor this afternoon at 4:00 o'clock. Miss Carpenter will preside and Philip J. McCook and Dr. Katherine B. Davis will address the women."

• Jon (LOC P&P) said:

  Good sleuthing swanq. We'll add some of that info to our catalog record.

• jessamyn west said:

  I cropped that pic of Greene and added it to her Wikipedia page
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_da_Costa_Greene