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Elizabeth D'Arcy Kinne
Elizabeth D'Arcy Kinne (March 26, 1843 – January 8, 1918) was the leader of an American 501(c)(3) organization, charitable organization, serving as the fourth National President of the Woman's Relief Corps (WRC). She lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 52 years, making her home in San Francisco the greater part of the time. Kinne was a pioneer clubwoman of Berkeley, California. Early life Elizabeth K D'Arcy was born and educated in Boston, March 26, 1843. Her parents were Francis D'Arcy (1804–1857) and Eleanor (née, Phinney; 1806–1886). She was descended on her mother's side from an old New England family who bore the name of Phinney. They were of English origin, and among the first settlers on Cape Cod. Her father was of French descent. Elizabeth's siblings were: John, Eleanor, Cyrus, Sarah, Melissa, James, George, and Alice. Career At the time the American Civil War, civil war broke out, C. Mason Kinne (1841–1913), who became her husband, was in California, but h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of and a population of 675,647 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the Northeastern United States after New York City and Philadelphia. The larger Greater Boston metropolitan statistical area has a population of 4.9 million as of 2023, making it the largest metropolitan area in New England and the Metropolitan statistical area, eleventh-largest in the United States. Boston was founded on Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by English Puritans, Puritan settlers, who named the city after the market town of Boston, Lincolnshire in England. During the American Revolution and American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War, Boston was home to several seminal events, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
