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Catherine Boyle (suffragist)
Catherine Magdalen Thornton Boyle (born 1879, died 1955), often shortened to Catherine Boyle, was an American suffragette and activist. Biography Catherine was born Catherine Magdalen Thornton born in Delaware in 1879, the daughter of working class Irish immigrants. Much of her early life history is not recorded in sources, with most information on Boyle being gleaned from census records. In 1900 she married Thomas Boyle of New Castle, Delaware, who worked in a steel mill. The couple lived in Wilmington, Delaware for some years before permanently moving to New Castle. In 1915, Catherine became involved with the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, a suffragist organization hoping to expand popular support for Women's Suffrage. The organization expanded its reach in Delaware, reaching a peak in 1918 and later becoming part of the National Woman's Party. Fueled by labor shortages and resultant boom in female employment during World War I, the NWP was able to garner signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington ( Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister during the reign of George II of Great Britain. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 70,898. The Wilmington Metropolitan Division, comprising New Castle County, Delaware, Cecil County, Maryland and Salem County, New Jersey, had an estimated 2016 population of 719,887. Wilmington is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan statistical area, which also includes Philadelphia, Reading, Camden, and other urban are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
