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Portia Willis Fitzgerald (b. c1887) was daughter of a Congressman, Col. Benjamin Willis. She was active in the suffrage movement, and was referred to as "The Prettiest Suffragette in New York State." She lectured widely and was grand marshal of several suffrage parades. She was also active in the peace movement, leading the Women's Peace Parade in 1914, and a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She was active with the Red Cross during WWI. She married in 1925, to Capt. L. Rodney Berg; he died in 1941; she married a prince next; she married her third husband Gerald Fitzgerald, in 1958. Her papers are at Smith College: asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/sophiasmith/mnsss22_mai...

No doubt named for a character in Shakespeare's play, "The Merchant of Venice": Portia, the heroine, was Shakespeare's archetype of a female lawyer.

Beauty and poise:

Mrs Alan Johnstone was a Pinchot, sister to Amos and Gifford. See NYT article from 1892 at query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D00E6DA1F31E033A... "Miss Antoinette E. Pinchot was married yesterday to the Hon. Alan Johnstone of England Instead of taking place in St. George's Church as originally intended, the ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Pinchot of Gramercy Park."

Addition to Swang comment: Amos with his sister, a wife of a foreign dipolmat - children of lumber baron James W. Pinchot, a founder of the Conservation Movement - Amos, part of the "Bull Moose" in 1912, and aquaintance of President Theodore TEDDY Roosevelt - later labeled as a pacifist, frequent speaker, writer, and author - spoke against large military buildup, founded isolationist group that dissolved after US entered WWII - was also against the growing role of big business in national politcs - moralist - rumored to have unsuccessfully attempted suicide out of depression over WWII Lady Alan - AKA Antoinette Pinchot - society leader, reputedly entertained in London at the Ritz, Edwardian fashionable - see also: www.yourbrotherkings.com/?p=100

Slight correction. James W. was not a founder of the conservation movement, except indirectly. He was the father of Amos, Antoinette, and Amos Pinchot. Gifford was encouraged by his father to study forestry, so Gifford, who went on to found the Forest Service in 1905, credited his father with being the "Father of Forestry." But James was a wealthy New York businessman, not a lumber baron. The Pinchot family funded the establishment of the Yale School of Forestry in 1900, and James probably contributed the bulk of the initial $150,000 and possibly the eventual $300,000. Gifford and others were the founders of the Conservation Movement during TR's presidency. In 1912, Amos and Gifford were major supporters of TR's third-party run for the presidency.

Thanks for the clarification - always appreciated - any web site links to your info?

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Potentially the daughter of Benjamin A. Willis, Democratic U.S. Representative from New York.

Confirmed: "The Prettiest Suffragette in New York State," Portia Willis was born to a well-connected and politically active New York City family, circa 1887. The distinguished Civil War service of her father, Colonel Benjamin A. Willis, led to his election to the U.S. House of Representatives. Her mother, Lillie Evelynn Macauley Willis was prominent in the New York City social scene. — Portia Willis Fitzgerald Papers, 1868-1966 Her beauty is in evidence here:

More Bain photos of the NYC Woman's Peace Parade, 8/29/14: