Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1877, Mar. 8 | Born, Oakland, Calif. |
1885 | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
1897 | B.S., Columbian College, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
1898 | Employed by Department of Agriculture |
1900 | Employed by Copyright Office, Library of Congress |
1907-1911 | President, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Suffrage Club |
1911-1912 | President, Consumer's League |
1911 | Married Harvey Washington Wiley (died 1930) |
1912-1913 | Member, D.C. Federation of Women's Clubs, Washington, D.C. |
1912-1914 | President, Housekeeper's Alliance |
1917 | Charter member, Kalorama Citizen's Association, Washington, D.C. |
1917 | Arrested while picketing White House on behalf of women's suffrage |
1919-1921 | Campaigned for Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution |
1930 | Chairman, National Woman's Party |
1930-1935 | First recording secretary, Washington Mental Hygiene Association, Washington, D.C. |
1932-1935 | President, D.C. Federation of Women's Clubs, Washington, D.C. |
1933 | President, American Pure Food League |
1935-1938 | Director, D.C. Federation of Women's Clubs, Washington, D.C. |
1936-1970 | President, Women's City Club, Washington, D.C. |
1936-1963 | Member, Executive Board, Washington Criminal Justice Association |
1936-1970 | President, Kalorama Citizen's Association, Washington, D.C. |
1938-1940 | Chairman, Indian Welfare, General Federation of Women's Clubs |
1940-1942 | Chairman, National Woman's Party |
1952-1954 | President, Woman's City Club, Washington, D.C. |
1954-1962 | Chaplain, D.C. Federation of Citizens' Associations, Washington, D.C. |
1956-1958 | Consultant on legislation, General Federation of Women's Clubs |
1964 | Died, Washington, D.C. |