Addie Worth Bagley Daniels (née Adelaide Worth Bagley; May 1, 1869 - December 19, 1943) was an American

suffragist Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to v ...

leader and writer. She attended the

Eighth Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance ''Eighth Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance'' occurred June 6–12, 1920, in Geneva, Switzerland. Conference On call of its president, Carrie Chapman Catt, the International Woman Suffrage Alliance was summoned to its eighth ...

in 1920 as the US delegate, the appointee of President

Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of ...

, upon the recommendation of

Carrie Chapman Catt Carrie Chapman Catt (; January 9, 1859 Fowler, p. 3 – March 9, 1947) was an American women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave U.S. women the right to vote in 1920. Catt ...

Personal life

Adelaide Worth Bagley was born May 1, 1869, in

Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats, seat of Wake County, North Carolina, Wake County in the United States. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most ...

. Her parents were Major

William Henry Bagley William Henry Bagley (July 5, 1833 – February 21, 1886) was an American military officer, politician, and newspaperman. He served as clerk of the North Carolina Supreme Court, having been elected January 18, 1869, and holding that position until ...

and Adelaide Ann Worth. Her mother's father was Jonathan Worth, governor of

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Worth Bagley Ensign Worth Bagley (April 6, 1874 – May 11, 1898) was a United States Navy officer during the Spanish–American War, distinguished as the only U.S. naval officer killed in action during that war. Biography Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, a ...

and

David W. Bagley David Worth Bagley (January 8, 1883 – May 24, 1960) was an Admiral (United States), admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. He was also the brother of Ensign Worth Bagley, the only United States Navy officer killed in action durin ...

were her brothers. She married

Josephus Daniels Josephus Daniels (May 18, 1862 – January 15, 1948) was an American newspaper editor and publisher from the 1880s until his death, who controlled Raleigh's ''News & Observer'', at the time North Carolina's largest newspaper, for decades. A D ...

, a newspaper man and leading proponent of the

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who was a perpetrator of the

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that saw a mob of thousands of white supremacists overthrow an elected government and expel black residents and political leaders. He also served as

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under Woodrow Wilson and Ambassador to Mexico during the presidency of

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. Their son, Jonathan W. Daniels, was a White House Press Secretary. Daniels died in Raleigh in 1943. The following year, the government commissioned the SS ''Addie B. Daniels''.

Selected works

*1920, "The Justice, Expediency and Inevitableness of Ratification", ''Everywoman's Magazine'' *1945, ''Recollections of a Cabinet Minister's Wife 1913-1921''

References

Bibliography

* * * * American suffragists 1869 births 1943 deaths 20th-century American non-fiction writers

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