Katherine Hamilton (September 4, 1863 – February 5, 1932) was a women's suffrage activist and a cousin and intimate friend of

Alice Hamilton Alice Hamilton (February 27, 1869Corn, JHamilton, Alice''American National Biography'' – September 22, 1970) was an American physician, research scientist, and author. She was a leading expert in the field of occupational health and a pioneer ...

Biography

Katherine Hamilton was born on September 4, 1863, the daughter of Andrew Holman Hamilton (1834-1895) and Phoebe Taber (1841-1932). She had two sisters, Jessie Hamilton (1864-1960) and Agnes Hamilton (1868-1961), both artists like her, and two brothers, Allen Hamilton (1874-1961) and Taber Hamilton (1876-1942). Her cousins were

Edith Hamilton Edith Hamilton (August 12, 1867 – May 31, 1963) was an American educator and internationally known author who was one of the most renowned classicists of her era in the United States. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she also studied in Germany ...

, Margaret Hamilton and Norah Hamilton. Despite her intelligence, she was refused the possibility to attend

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh: ) is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of elite, historically women's colleges in the United ...

. She studied on her own, and taught her brothers. Like her sister Jessie, she spent all her life taking care of their aging mother, who died after her. She was the life treasurer of the Women's Reading Club of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and became the first president of the Women's Equal Suffrage League in 1912. She was also active in local music and art societies. She was very close to her cousin Alice, and after her death on February 5, 1932, said that Katherine was "so close and intimate part of life. I can't think of it without her. I have loved her very, very much - more every year." She is buried at Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Katherine 1863 births 1932 deaths People from Fort Wayne, Indiana