Pauline Revere Thayer (1862–1934) worked to improve immigrant conditions in Massachusetts and the US; represented Massachusetts in Republican party activities; and founded the

Chilton Club The Chilton Club is a private social club established in 1910, in the Back Bay area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded by Pauline Revere Thayer, the club was intended in part as a counterpoint to the Mayflower Club. The club was named after Mar ...

in Boston in 1910. Born in

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, in 1860 to Paul Revere III, she was a direct descendant of Paul Revere, and in that capacity performed civic and honorary duties in his memory. She married businessman Nathaniel Thayer III in 1887. Throughout her life, she pursued charitable endeavors. In 1896 she was treasurer of the Committee of Women of the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association, contributing to efforts benefitting American soldiers in the Spanish–American War. She also donated funds to the

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. In 1910 she founded the private women's Chilton Club in Boston. Around 1916, Woodrow Wilson appointed Thayer chairman of the Women's Committee of the Massachusetts Division, Council of National Defense. She was "looked upon as advisor and confidante" to

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and Herbert Hoover.Mrs. Thayer dead: Paul Revere's kin; For 50 Years She Led in Social and Political Activities of Massachusetts; Was capitalist's widow; Honored by Three Presidents, She Was Noted for Her Many Philanthropies. New York Times. September 30, 1934. p.35. From ca.1921 through ca.1931, she was head of Immigration and Americanization in the Massachusetts Department of Education. Around 1929 she was appointed "vice-chairman of Governor

Frank G. Allen Frank Gilman Allen (October 6, 1874October 9, 1950) was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. He was president of a successful leathergoods business in Norwood, Massachusetts, and active in local and state politics. A Repub ...

's Committee on Unemployment. In 1921 she was part of a national committee appointed by Immigration Commissioner Walter W. Husband to review policy related to welfare of immigrants. Thayer represented Massachusetts as a delegate in the 1924

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and the 1928 Republican National Committee, with Louis K. Liggett.Dr. Work favored as Hoover manager;... The New National Committee. New York Times. June 16, 1928. p.5. She died on September 29, 1934, in Lancaster, Massachusetts.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thayer, Pauline Revere 1860 births 1934 deaths Revere family People from Quincy, Massachusetts Massachusetts General Hospital benefactors

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