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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:

Other Bain/LOC photos of the NYC Peace Parade, 8/29/14:

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: