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Please cite as: Spinzia, Raymond E., “Winning the Franchise – Activists in the Fight for ’s and Their Opponents, Long Island’s Anti-Suffragists, 2018, revised 2021.” www.spinzialongislandestates.com

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″Men who disapprove of Votes for Women are divided into two classes, those who are married to women who lack intelligence and who are prone to measure other women in the same bushel with their wives, and those men whose wives are so bright that the men are afraid to give them a chance at the ballot."

Dr. George Edwin Rice, DDS Maywood, 407 Middle Road, Bayport [The Suffolk County News August 23, 1913, p. 4.]

1916

Since many of house numbers cited were from the early 1900s, please be aware that they may not correspond to the present day addresses.

A n t i – S u f f r a g i s t s:

Backus, Harriet Ivins Davis (Mrs. Henry Clinton Backus) – vice president, Woman’s Municipal League 111 Seventh Street, Garden City; Tranquility, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampton Beecher, Catherine Esther She is the daughter of Lyman Beecher of East Hampton. 86 Main Street, East Hampton The Beecher home is now the East Hampton Village Hall.

Beecher residence Carnman, Mrs. Schuyler – member, Merrick chapter, State Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women, 1915 Merrick Chittenden, Alice Hill – treasurer, chapter, New York State Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women, 1901 Brooklyn Cowles, Anna Roosevelt (Mrs. William Sheffield Cowles, Sr.) She is President Theodore Roosevelt’s sister. Tranquility, East Main Street, Oyster Bay Cove; Old Gate, Farmington, CT

Tranquility

2 Cravath, Agnes Huntington (Mrs. Paul Cravath) Veraton [I], Lattingtown; Veraton [II] and [III], Matinecock; Still House, Matinecock

Veraton [I]

Denby, Esther Jewell Strong – director, Michigan Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage Bennett Place, Amityville Denby, Thomas Garvin (aka Garvin Denby) – a founder and treasurer, Men’s Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, Michigan, 1913 Bennett Place, Amityville Hart, Lillian – secretary, Brooklyn chapter, New York State Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women, 1901 Brooklyn Howell, Frances C. Rogers (Mrs. Elmer Brown Howell) Little East Neck Road, Babylon Johnson, Helen Louise Kendrick (Mrs. Rossiter Johnson) – a founder, Guidon Club Thalatta Cottage, Bluff Road, Amagansett

Thalatta Cottage Jones, Louise – member, New York State Anti-Suffrage Association Manor House and Jones Manor, Syosset-Cold Spring Harbor Road, Laurel Hollow

Jones Manor Jones, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Oliver Livingston Jones, Sr.) – member, New York State Anti-Suffrage Association Manor House and Jones Manor, Syosset-Cold Spring Harbor Road, Laurel Hollow

Manor House

3 Longfellow, Julia Livingston Delafield (Mrs. Frederick William Longfellow) She is the daughter of Delafield, Sr. of Sunswyck. – member of board, Woman Voters Anti-Suffrage Party Sunswyck, Delafield Road, Quiogue

Sunswyck

Macy, William Kingsland, Sr. – As chairman of the New York State Republican Committee, he vehemently opposed women in politics. 385 Ocean Avenue, Islip

Macy residence

Perry, Andrew J. 30 First Place, Brooklyn; 288 Clinton Street, Brooklyn Pratt, Mary Gordon Landon (Mrs. Dallas Bache Pratt) Islip; East Cottage, James Street, Southampton Putnam, Carolyn Richard Haines (Mrs. William Allen Putnam, Sr.) – chair, Brooklyn chapter, New York State Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women, 1901 Midfields, Halsey Neck Lane, Southampton Remson, Annie Pearsall Hubbard (Mrs. Jacob Remson) The Harbor, Little East Neck Road, Babylon Root, Elihu, Sr. In 1915 referred to Root and George Woodward Wickersham, Sr. as “the arch enemies of suffragist.” Mayfair, 217 Pond Lane, Southampton

Mayfair

Sears, Anna Wentworth Caldwell (Mrs. Joseph Hamblen Sears) The Other House, Oyster Bay Cove Road, Oyster Bay Cove

4 Ward, Justina Bayard Cutting (Mrs. George Cabot Ward) She is the daughter of William Bayard Cutting, Sr. of Westbrook Farm. Westbrook Farm, South Country Road, Great River The Cutting estate is now open to the public as the Bayard Cutting Arboretum.

Westbrook Farm

Wickersham, George Woodward, Sr. See Root entry for comments by Harriot Stanton Blatch about Wickersham Marshfield, Hollywood Crossing, Lawrence

Marshfield

S u f f r a g i s t s:

Abbott, Florence Louise Call (Mrs. Henry Hurlbut Abbott) Briar Patch, Georgica Road [now, Briar Patch Road], East Hampton

Adams, Maude (aka Maude Ewing Kiskadeen Adams) – member, Lake Ronkonkoma Equal Rights Suffrage Club, 1912 Sandy Garth, 310 Cenacle Road, Lake Ronkonkoma The estate is now the convent of the Sisters of Saint Regis.

Sandy Garth’s guest house

Arguimbau, Daniel V. – member, Babylon Suffrage Club, 1914 Babylon

5 Auchincloss, Janet House (Mrs. Gordon Auchincloss, Sr.; Mrs. Allston Boyer) Glen Cove; Ronda, Chicken Valley Road, Matinecock

Rhonda

Badenhop, Mrs. W. H. – vice-president, Bellmore Suffrage Club, 1916 Bellmore Baird, Marguerite – a founder and chair, supply committee, Babylon chapter, , 1912 Babylon Baker, Mrs. C. D. – suffragist lecturer – president, Freeport Suffrage Club, 1914 Freeport Balsan, Consuelo Vanderbilt (Mrs. Charles Richard John Spencer–Churchill; Mrs. Louis ) She is the daughter of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont. – financial benefactor Idlehour [I], Idle Hour Boulevard, Oakdale; Old Fields, 6601 Route 25 A, East Norwich; Gardenside, 77 Ox Pasture Road, Southampton

Gardenside, 2014

Barney, Nora Stanton Blatch (Mrs. Lee de Forest; Mrs. Morgan Barney) She is the daughter of Harriot Stanton Blatch of Shoreham. Tower Hill Road, Shoreham Baruch, Isabelle Wilcox (aka Belle Baruch) She is the daughter of Bernard Mannes Baruch, Sr. of Strandhome. – distributed suffrage leaflets Strandhome, Ocean Avenue, Bayport

Strandhome Bassett, Edna – corresponding secretary, Rockville Centre Suffrage Club, 1912 Rockville Centre

6 Baxter, George White – authored clause in Wyoming constitution which extended suffrage to women Glen Cove Road, Greenvale Baxter, Perry Hamilton – president, Jamaica Woman Suffrage Club, 1909 – leader, Fourth Assembly District, Borough of Queens chapter, Woman Suffrage Party Far Rockaway Beecher, Henry Ward He is the son of Lyman Beecher of East Hampton. – president, American Woman Suffrage Association 86 Main Street, East Hampton The Beecher home is now the East Hampton Village Hall.

Beecher residence

Belmont, Alice Wall de Goicouria (Mrs. August Belmont III – aka Mrs. August Belmont, Jr.) – member, Islip Woman’s Suffrage Club, 1917 South Saxon Avenue, Bay Shore

A. Belmont III residence

Belmont, Alva Erskine Smith (Mrs. William Kissam Vanderbilt, Sr.; Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont) – suffragist author, lecturer, financial benefactor, and participated in parades – a founder and president, Political Equality Association – a founder and president, National Woman’s Party – a founder, National Women’s Suffrage Union – a founder and president, Suffrage Club of Hempstead – a founder and president, Brookholt chapter, Political Equality League, 1911 – established Brookholt agricultural School for Women – donated Sewall–Belmont House, Washington, DC, to National Woman’s Party – hosted suffrage rallies at her Newport, RI, estate – a founder, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage – hosted suffragist leaders for rest and recuperation at her Sands Point estate, Idlehour [I], Idle Hour Boulevard, Oakdale; Brookholt, Front Street, East Meadow; Beacon Towers, Sands Light Road, Sands Point

Brookholt

Benkard, James Gerald – member Babylon Suffrage Club, 1914 57 Prospect Street, Babylon

7 Blatch, Harriot Eaton Stanton (Mrs. William Henry Blatch, Jr.) – suffragist author and lecturer – a founder, Equal Franchise Society – suggested creation of “Suffrage Torch” as a symbol of liberty and freedom – a founder, Equality League of Self-Supporting Women (renamed Women’s Political Union, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, and, then, National Woman’s Party) – president, Women’s Political Union – toured Western States, lecturing on Suffrage – listed on New York League of Women Voters State Honor Roll tablet, Albany, NY Tower Hill Road, Shoreham

Blatch residence

Blum, Florence May Abraham (Mrs. Edward Charles Blum) Shore Acres, Penataquit Avenue, Bay Shore

Shore Acres

Boissevian, (Mrs. Eugen Jan Boissevain) – As a student at Vassar College, she is said to have enrolled two-thirds of its students into a campus suffrage organization – suffragist lecturer, organizer of rallies, participant in parades – member, Equality League of Self-Supporting Women (renamed Women’s Political Union; Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage; and, then, National Woman’s Party) – died of pernicious anemia in 1916, at the age of thirty, while campaigning in the western states against Democratic candidates because of their failure to support suffrage Brooklyn Booth, Clare, see Brokaw Booth, Mary Louise – secretary at Seneca Falls, NY, 1855 suffrage convention and at 1860 convention – Booth’s c. 1829 house has been restored by the Yaphank Historical Society and is open to the public East Main Street, Yaphank

Booth residence

8 Brannan, Eunice Dana (Mrs. John Winters Brannan) Mrs. Brannan was the daughter of Charles Anderson and Eunice MacDaniel Dana who resided at The Wings. Both and Susan B. Anthony frequently summered at The Wings. - advisor to Harriot Stanton Blatch – chair, New York State chapter, National Woman’s Party – officer, New York chapter, Women’s Political Union – member, executive committee, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage Convention, 1915 – member of delegation that met with President Wilson – arrested for picketing the White House The Wings, West Island, Glen Cove

The Wings

Brewster, Emilie C. (Mrs. Eugene V. Brewster) 29 Monroe Street, Brooklyn Brisbane, Arthur He said, “Even the most wretched woman would vote for good men, because she knew all about bad men only too well.” – suffragist lecturer Newbridge Road and Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow; De Forest Road, Montauk

Brisbane’s Montauk residence

Brokaw, Clare Boothe (Mrs. George Tuttle Brokaw; Mrs. Henry Robinson Luce) – Scattered pamphlets over various communities from an airplane 225 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point; Sunnybrook, Brookville

Brokaw’s Sands Point residence

Brown, Gertrude Foster (Mrs. Raymond Brown) – financial benefactor – president, New York State Woman Suffrage Association, 1914 – vice-president, National American Woman Suffrage Association – chair, Nassau and Suffolk Counties for the Empire State Campaign Committee – chair, New York State Second District Suffrage Convention – a founder and vice-president, National American Woman Suffrage Association – a founder, Bellport Woman Suffrage Study Club – representative from First Assembly District to Women’s Political Union (renamed Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage and, then, National Woman’s Party) – listed on New York League of Women Voters National Honor Roll tablet, Albany, NY Bellport

9 Brown, Margaret Tobin (aka Maggie Brown; aka Molly Brown) (Mrs. James Joseph Brown) Cemetery of the Holy Rood, 111 Old Country Road, Westbury Brown, Raymond – participated in suffrage parades Bellport Bryce, Cornelia, see Pinchot She is the daughter of Lloyd Stephens and Edith Cooper Bryce. Bryce, Edith Cooper (Mrs. Lloyd Stephens Bryce) Bryce House, Route 25A, Roslyn Harbor

Bryce House

Burns, Grace Bonheur Louden (Mrs. Arthur Raymond Burns) Amityville Burns, Lucy – editor, , suffrage organizer, lecturer, and participant in suffrage parades – organized suffrage rallies, parades, and train tours – she spent more time in jail for her activities than did any other American suffragist – a founder, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage – a founder, National Woman’s Party – member, lobbying committee, National American Woman Suffrage Association – met with President Wilson to lobby for suffrage Brooklyn Heights

Byrne, James – participated in suffrage parades Upper Planting Fields Farm, Planting Fields Road, Upper Brookville

Upper Planting Fields Farm

Call, Lillian M. – treasurer, New York State Second Assembly District Suffrage Convention, 1917 Bay Shore Canfield, Dorothy – secretary, Patchogue chapter, Woman Suffrage Association, 1913 Patchogue Carlisle, Mary Pinkerton (Mrs. Jay Freeborn Carlisle, Sr.) –member, Islip Woman’s Suffrage Club, 1917 Rosemary, Suffolk Lane, East Islip

Rosemary

10 Clark, Mrs. Charles E. L. – member, Hempstead Suffrage Club, 1918 Rockaway Road and Plumtree Lane, West Hempstead Clark, Virginia Hynson Keep (Mrs. Marshall John Clark) Windy Meadow, South Centre Island, Road, Centre Island

Windy Meadow Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury – honorary editor, suffrage article in Puck, 1915 – Men’s League for Woman Suffrage of the State of New York Back Home, Hither Lane, East Hampton Cockran, Anne Louise Ide (Mrs. William Bourke Cockran) – member, board of trustees, The Equal Franchise Society The Cedars, Harbor Acres section, Sands Point

The Cedars Coles, Mary Gertrude (aka Gertrude Coles) – corresponding secretary, Glen Cove Equal Suffrage Club, 1917 7 The Place, Glen Cove Coles, Sallie Emma Pancoast (Mrs. Thomas Hewlett Coles) – member, Glen Cove Equal Suffrage Club 7 The Place, Glen Cove Comstock, Harriet T. Smith (Mrs. Philip Comstock) – suffragist lecturer – member, New York State Suffrage Association Brooklyn Cooke, Mrs. G. B. – president, Sea Cliff Suffrage Club, 1912 Sea Cliff Craft, Ida Corwin – president, Brooklyn Equality League – president, Bedford Political Equality League – treasurer, Political Equality League of Queens–Nassau Counties Brooklyn Craigie, Mary E. Whitbeck (Mrs. Charles O’Hara Craigie) – president, Political Equality League of Queens–Nassau Counties – chair, New York State Woman Suffrage Association – chair, Legislative Committee, New York State Woman Suffrage Association – chair, church committee, National Association of Woman – member, “Spirit of 1776” wagon contingent Brooklyn; Craigie Manor, Baldwin

11 Crary, Mrs. A. A. – participated in New York City suffrage parade, 1912 East Rockaway Cummins, Virginia P. Kent (Mrs. Stephen Swete Cummins; Mrs. Louis Magee) Tidetop, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampton; Tides Turn, East Hampton Davis, Lillian – treasurer, Patchogue chapter, Woman Suffrage Association, 1913 Patchogue Davison, Irene Corwin – secretary, Nassau County Woman’s Suffrage Party – member, Rosalie Gardiner Jones’ hike from Long Island to Albany, NY – led suffrage contingent to Rosalie Gardiner Jones’ Suffrage Aviation Encampment in Garden City – participated in suffrage parades – member, “Spirit of 1776” wagon contingent – treasurer, Political Equality League of Queens–Nassau Counties – listed on New York League of Women Voters State Honor Roll tablet, Albany, NY East Rockaway Davison, Mrs. Susan J. East Rockaway Dayton, Mary Leeds (Mrs. John Dayton) – suffragist – president, Queens–Nassau Women’s Christian Temperance Union, 1915 – secretary, Maspeth Women’s Christian Temperance Union Woodside; Maspeth; Elmhurst; Bayside Delafield, Charlotte Hoffman Wyeth (Mrs. Lewis Livingston Delafield, Jr.) – regional congressional leader, Congressional Union of Woman Suffrage Hewlett Bay Park; Norton Perkins Cottage, Ocean Avenue, Lawrence DeLamar, Alice Antoinette She is the daughter of Joseph Raphael DeLamar of Pembroke. Suffrage meetings were held at Pembroke. Pembroke, Red Spring Lane, Glen Cove

Pembroke

12 Dennett, Mary Coffin Ware (Mrs. William Harley Dennett) – organizer of publicity pamphlets – field secretary, Woman Suffrage Association – corresponding secretary, National American Woman Association Astoria DeVere, Gustavus V. Brooklyn; 115 Church Street, Lake Ronkonkoma The Lake Ronkonkoma House is currently the headquarters of American Legion Post 155. DeVere, Lillian Brown (Mrs. Gustavus V. DeVere) – a founder, Lake Ronkonkoma Equal Rights Suffrage Club, 1912 Brooklyn; 115 Church Street, Lake Ronkonkoma The Lake Ronkonkoma House is currently the headquarters of American Legion Post 155.

DeVere residence

Doane, Jeanne Marion – president, Rockville Centre Equal Suffrage Club Oceanside Donaldson, Mary Ella Nixon (Mrs. Justus Edward Donaldson, Sr.) – member, Glen Cove Equal Suffrage Club, 1917 Glen Cove Dreier, Ethel E. Valentine (Mrs. Henry Edward Dreier) – participated in fund-raising affairs – participated in suffrage rallies – suffragist journalist – chair, Brooklyn chapter, Woman Suffrage Party of New York City – listed on New York League of Women Voters State Honor Roll tablet, Albany, NY 35 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights; Sunken Meadow, Fort Salonga Dreier, Henry Edward – marched in suffrage parades – member, Brooklyn chapter, Men’s League for Woman Suffrage 35 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights; Sunken Meadow, Fort Salonga Dreier, Katherine Sophie – delegate, Sixth Convention of International Woman Suffrage Alliance, 1911 – chair, German–American committee, New York City chapter, Woman Suffrage Party Brooklyn Heights Dreier, Mary Elizabeth – chair and head of party’s industrial committee, New York City chapter Woman Suffrage Party – listed on New York League of Women Voters State Honor Roll tablet, Albany, NY Brooklyn Heights

13 Duffield, May – suffragist lecturer – member, Lake Ronkonkoma Equal Rights Suffrage Club Lake Ronkonkoma Dyer, Edith La Bau (Mrs. Edward Tiffany Dyer) – regional congressional leader, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage Westlawn, 107 Great Plains Road, Southampton

Westlawn Dyer, Mary Hopeton Drake (Mrs. Lyman Tiffany Dyer) St. James; Stony Brook; Southampton; Quogue Earle, Alice Morse (Mrs. Henry Earle) – supporter of women’s rights Brooklyn Heights; Hempstead Eastman, Rebecca Lane Hooper (Mrs. William Franklin Eastman) – member, New York City chapter, College Equal Suffrage League, 1914 72 St. James Place, Brooklyn Edey, Sarah Birdsall Otis (aka Birdsall Otis Edey) (Mrs. Frederick Edey) – chair, New York State Second Assembly District Suffrage Convention, 1917 Nearthebay, South Country Road, Bellport

Nearthebay Elmhirst, Dorothy Payne Whitney, see Straight Elterich, Mrs. I. I. – president, Freeport Suffrage Club, 1914 Freeport Eno, Eva Walling (Mrs. Alfred Joseph Eno) – chair, Borough of Queens chapter, Woman Suffrage Party, 1912-1914 – chair, Queens Village chapter, Woman Suffrage Party – publisher, The Queensboro Equality (a broadsheet that advocated Women’s suffrage Jamaica Estates; Queens Village; Osborn Lane, East Hampton; Southampton; Bridgehampton Eno’s 1868 buggy, called “devil car,” was drawn by a steam propelled manikin. It participated in the 1909 opening ceremonies of the Queensboro Bridge.

14 Evans, Ruby Douglas (aka Lynn Sands) (Mrs. Brian Evans, Sr.) – chair, publicity committee, Glen Cove Equal Suffrage Club, 1917 Glen Cove Fairchild, Sarah Lenita Plumb (Mrs. Jarvis R. Fairchild) Deer Range Farm, Heckscher Parkway, East Islip

Deer Range Farm

Fishel, Lillian H. (Mrs. Robert T. Oliver) – suffragist lecturer – a founder and chair, arrangement committee, Babylon chapter, Equal Franchise Society, 1912 – participated in New York City suffrage parade, 1913 East Main Street, Babylon; Magoun Road, West Islip

Babylon residence

Fisher, Sarah – participated in New York City suffrage parade, 1912 Freeport Fleming, Caroline M. Pelgram (Mrs. Henry Stuart Fleming) Stepping Stone, 8 Studio Lane, Southampton; The Green Flag, Woods Lane, East Hampton

Stepping Stone Freeman, Elisabeth – suffragist lecturer, organizer, and author – toured Long Island, New York City and Washington, DC, in a suffragist wagon – member, 1913 suffrage hike to Washington, DC – picketed White House, 1917 – paraded in Hempstead, 1913 Kings Park Fullerton, Edith Loring Jones (Mrs. Hal B. Fullerton) – suffragist lecturer Brooklyn; East Setauket; Wading River; Medford; Hollis; West Spring Street, Huntington

15 Fullerton, Hal B. Brooklyn; East Setauket; Wading River; Medford; Hollis; West Spring Street, Huntington Garnet, Sarah J. Smith Thompson (Mrs. Samuel Tompkins; Mrs. Henry Highland Garnet) – a founder and president, Brooklyn chapter, Equal Suffrage League – Superintendent of Suffrage, National Association of Colored Women Shinnecock Indian Reservation; Brooklyn; Hempstead Gaynor, Augusta C. Mayer (Mrs. ) House is owned by Suffolk County and open as a history center. Deepwells Farm, Route 25A, St. James

Deepwells Farm Gerard, James Watson, III – suffragist lecturer Sound Crest Lane, Lloyd Harbor Gillette, Ida F. – treasurer, Sayville Suffrage Club, 1917 Sayville Glover, Rhoda A. Hallock (Mrs. John Irwin Glover) – participated in suffrage parades – reputed to be the oldest suffragist in the country, in her eighties she continued to participate in suffrage parades – vice-president, Political Equality League of Queens– Nassau Counties Baldwin

Glover residence Greene, Frederick Stuart – grand marshal, Men’s League Suffrage Parade, 1911 Sands Point Greene, Grace E. Clapp (Mrs. Frederick Stuart Greene) – chair, Nassau County Woman’s Suffrage Association Sands Point Griffiths, Naomi Williams – first president, Amityville Suffrage Club, 1914 – listed on New York League of Women Voters State Honor Roll tablet, Albany, NY 160 Avon Place, Amityville

Griffiths residence

16 Guggenheim, Florence Schloss (Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim) , Middle Neck Road, Sands Point; Mille Fleurs, Middle Neck Road, Sands Point

Mille Fleurs

Gulden, Mary Catherine Kellers (Mrs. Charles Gulden, Sr.) Netherbay, 36 Clinton Avenue, Bay Shore

Netherbay

Hancock, Mrs. William J. – secretary, Borough of Queens chapter, Woman Suffrage Party, 1916 Queens Village

Hart, Phoebe Alder (Mrs. Hart) – member, executive board, New York chapter, Equal Suffrage League, 1914 374 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn

Havemeyer, Louisine Waldron Elder (Mrs. Henry Osborne Havemeyer) – financial benefactor and suffragist lecturer – a founder, National Woman’s Party – a founder, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (later, National Woman’s Party) – authored accounts of her suffrage activity and imprisonment, “The Suffrage Torch, Memories of a Militant.” Scribner’s Magazine, 1922; “The , Memories of a Militant.” Scribner’s Magazine, 1922; “The Waking of Women.” (typescript of speech), 1924-1925 – member, “Suffrage Torch” contingent – picketed White House Bayberry Point, 137 West Bayberry Road, Islip

Bayberry Point, 2006

17 Hearst, Millicent Wilson (Mrs. William Randolph Hearst) – financial benefactor – member, National Woman Suffrage Association Saint Joan, Sands Light Road, Sands Point (the former home of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont); Milhurst, 242 Great Plains Road, Southampton

Saint Joan, after alterations to Alva Vanderbilt Belmont’s former home, Beacon Towers

Milhurst

Hepburn, Silvie Livingston Strong (Mrs. Henry Chester Hepburn) – participated in New York City suffrage parade, 1913 – a founder and first vice-president Babylon chapter, Equal Franchise Society, 1912 Bide a Wee, 44 Douglas Avenue, Babylon

Bide a Wee

Henschel, Maud E. (Mrs. Harris Henschel) – secretary, Woman’s Suffrage Movement, Second Assembly District, Suffolk County, NY Main Street, Northport Hicks, Frederick Cocks (aka Frederick Hicks Cocks) – Congressman Hicks left the bedside of his dying wife to vote for the Nineteenth Amendment Shorewood, 87 Barker’s Point Road and Hicks Lane, Sands Point

Shorewood

Hicks, Rachel Roslyn; The Old Place, Westbury Higgins, Dr. Alice – second vice-president, Rockville Centre Suffrage Club, 1912 Rockville Centre

18 Hill, Mrs. Charles G. – president, Freeport Suffrage Club, 1915 Freeport Hoag, Jane – a founder and chair, Sayville chapter, Equal Suffrage Association, 1913 Sayville Hoffman, Hilda – president, Far Rockaway Woman Suffrage Club Far Rockaway Holmes, Mrs. F. L. – treasurer, Borough of Queens chapter, Woman Suffrage Party, 1916 Forest Hills Hooker, Isabella Beecher (Mrs. John Hooker) She is the daughter of Lyman Beecher of East Hampton. – suffragist author, lecturer, lobbyist – a founder, New England Woman Suffrage Association, 1868 – president, Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association 86 Main Street, East Hampton The Beecher home is now the East Hampton Village Hall.

Beecher residence

Hopkins, Alison Low Turnbull (Mrs. John Appleton Haven Hopkins, Sr.) – chair, National Woman’s Party Georgica Road, East Hampton Hopkins, John Appleton Haven, Sr. Georgica Road, East Hampton Hubert, Dorothy Nicoll (Mrs. George Strong Baxter, Jr.; Mrs. William Haight Hubert) – suffragist ecturer and organizer – treasurer, Woman’s Suffrage Movement, Second Assembly District Suffolk County, NY – participated in New York City suffrage parade, 1913 – a founder, president, and member of press committee, Babylon chapter, Equal Franchise Society, 1912 – president, Babylon Suffrage Club, 1914 Carll Avenue, Babylon; Bellport

Hyde, James Richard – member Babylon Suffrage Club, 1914 South Country Road, West Bay Shore

Hyde residence

Jackson, Mrs. Birdsall – member, Wantagh Woman’s Suffrage Club, 1916 Locust Avenue, Wantagh

19 Jenkins, Mrs. C. – secretary, Sea Cliff Suffrage Club, 1912 Sea Cliff Jewett, George W. – member, Babylon Suffrage Club, 1914 Babylon Jones, Rosalie Gardiner (Mrs. Clarence C. Dill) – lecturer and organizer of Long Island suffragist parades, tours, pageants, and an aviation encampment in Garden City – organized “hikes” from New York City to Albany, NY, and from New York City to Washington, DC – president, Nassau County chapter, National American Woman Suffrage Association – member, Lake Ronkonkoma Equal Rights Suffrage Club, 1912 – member “Spirit of 1776” wagon contingent Manor House and Jones Manor, Syosset-Cold Spring Harbor Road, Laurel Hollow

Jones Manor

Kearns, Edna May Buckman (Mrs. Wilmer Rhamstine Kearns) – member, National Woman’s Party’s “” which picketed the White House for the passage of the 19th Amendment – suffragist columnist, published in numerous newspapers – suffragist publicity liaison, lecturer, and lobbyist – suffrage organizer for New York City and Long Island – member of “Spirit of 1776” contingent – participant in suffrage parades – president, Rockville Centre Suffrage Club – congressional representative for and National Woman’s Party 29 Waterview Drive, Rockville Centre Kearns, Serena Buckman – suffrage poster child and author – as child, distributed literature and sold flags, buttons, and other suffrage items – at age of twelve, Serena was said to be the youngest National Woman’s Party “Silent Sentinel” to picket the White House in 1917 – participated in suffrage parades and rallies 29 Waterview Drive, Rockville Centre Kearns, Wilmer Rhamstine – participated in suffrage parades, rallies, and marches – member of National Woman’s Party’s “Silent Sentinels” which picketed the White House for the passage of the 19th Amendment 29 Waterview Drive, Rockville Centre

Kendrick, Georgia Avery (Mrs. James Ryland Kendrick) Bluff Road, Amagansett

Kendrick residence Kerlin, Jenney Gilbert (Mrs. Ward Dix Kerlin) – president, Camden, New Jersey, chapter, Equal Suffrage League Brooklyn

20 Kerr, Evelyn Nichols (Mrs. Frank Melville Kerr) – suffragist lecturer 353 Fulton Avenue, Hempstead Kingsbury, Alice Cary Bussing (Mrs. Howard Thayer Kingsbury) Rivombra, Hicks Lane, Sands Point Korsmeyer, Lavinia Bray (Mrs. Frederick A. Korsmeyer) – president, Glen Cove Equal Suffrage Club, 1916 Glen Cove Laidlaw, Harriet Davenport Wright Burton (Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw) – suffragist organizer and author, Organized to Win – participated in suffrage parades; hosted suffragist parties at Hazeldean – secretary, College Equal Suffrage League – headed Nassau County Suffrage Campaign, 1917 – a founder, Port Washington chapter, Woman’s Suffrage League – president, Woman’s Suffrage Party of Greater New York – vice-chair, New York State Woman Suffrage Party – chair, National American Woman Suffrage Association – director, National American Woman Suffrage Association – president, New York State Woman’s Suffrage Association – listed on New York League of Women Voters State Honor Roll tablet, Albany, NY Hazeldean, 180 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point

Hazeldean

Laidlaw, James Lees – financial benefactor – organized suffrage programs and conventions – participated in suffrage parades; hosted parties at Hazeldean – a founder and president, Men’s League for Woman’s Suffrage of the State of New York – a founder and president, National Men’s League for Woman Suffrage – listed on New York League of Women Voters National Honor Roll tablet, Albany, NY Hazeldean, 180 Middle Neck Road, Sands Pont

Hazeldean

Le Cluse, Mrs. W. F. – recording secretary, Sayville Suffrage Club, 1917 Sayville Leich, Mrs. Harry – member, Merrick Suffrage Club Merrick Lentilhon, Joseph de Tours – member, Babylon Suffrage Club, 1914 – founder, local committee for Women’s Suffrage, 1917 Babylon

21 Leonard, Abigail Eliza – a founder, president and secretary, Women’s Club of Farmingdale, 1915 – a founder, East Farmingdale Committee for Woman’s Suffrage Brooklyn; Aftermath, 9 Hallock Street, Farmingdale Leonard, Mrs. Harry P. – member, Freeport Suffrage Club, 1915 Freeport Leslie, Agnes – a founder and treasurer, Babylon chapter, Equal Franchise Society, 1912 Babylon Levering, Julia Henderson (Mrs. Mortimer Levering) 18 Cranberry Lane, Amagansett

Levering residence Litt, Ruth Carpenter (Mrs. Jacob Litt) – chair, agriculture committee, New York State Suffrage Party – delegate, National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention, 1917 Jackwill Farm, East Main Street, Patchogue Littlejohn, Rebecca Lamb Bolling (Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn; Mrs. Francis Hartman Markoe, Jr.) Little Cote, Great Plains Road, Southampton Lloyd, Anne Bellport Loines, Mrs. Stephen – suffrage lecturer – president, Brooklyn Suffrage Club, 1915 Brooklyn Luce, Clare Booth, see Brokaw Luyster, Ella May Wells (Mrs. William Elbert Luyster) – chair, legislative committee, Glen Cove Equal Suffrage Club, 1916 Glen Cove MacDonald, Mrs. Eliza – vice-chair, Borough of Queens chapter, Woman Suffrage Party, 1916 Flushing Mackay, Katherine Alexander Duer (Mrs. Clarence Hungerford Mackay) – financial benefactor and lobbyist – participated in suffrage parades – a founder and president, Equal Franchise Society , Harbor Hill Road, Roslyn

Harbor Hill

22 Macy, Edith Wiesman Carpenter (Mrs. Valentine Everit Macy, Sr.) – delegate, National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention, 1917 Hewlett

Macy residence Magee, Raymond – member, Babylon Suffrage Club, 1914 Babylon Manson, Mary Groot (aka Mae Groot Manson) (Mrs. Thomas Lincoln Manson III) – suffragist lecturer – chair, executive committee, East Hampton chapter, Suffrage League – chair, East Hampton chapter, Women’s Political Union – member of the “Suffrage Torch” contingent Millfield, 117 Main Street, East Hampton

Millfield main house during Manson residency

Millfield guest house, now 123 Main Street

Markoe, Rebecca Lamb Bolling, see Littlejohn Marriot, Maud Emily Wolf Kahn (Mrs. Charles Oakes Marriot) She is the daughter of Otto Hermann Kahn of Oheka. Oheka, 135 West Gate Drive, Cold Spring Harbor

Oheka Matthews, Victoria Earle (aka Victoria Earle, Victoria Smith) (Mrs. William Matthews) [She was born into . As a consequence, we have not been able to verify her proper surname.] – a founder and president, Woman’s Loyal Union of New York and Brooklyn Brooklyn

23 May, Harriet, – member, Lake Ronkonkoma Equal Rights Suffrage Club, 1912 Lake Ronkonkoma Mayhew, Mrs. Wallace – participated in New York City suffrage parade, 1913 – member, Babylon chapter, Equal Franchise Society, 1913 Muncy Avenue, West Babylon McLaughlin, Julia – member, Woman Suffrage Party, 1916 Medd, Mrs. Henry – president, Southampton chapter, New York State Women’s Political Union Southampton; Northport; Brooklyn

Melville, Frank, Jr. – held suffrage meetings in his Brooklyn residence – participated in New York City suffrage parade, 1913 – organized suffrage demonstrations – participated in suffrage rallies – secretary, Men’s League for Woman Suffrage 6 Montague Terrace, Brooklyn; 28 Monroe Place Brooklyn; Bayport; Sunwood, Sunwood, Old Field

Sunwood

Melville, Jennie Florence MacConnell (Mrs. Frank Melville Jr.) – organized suffrage social functions – organized suffrage demonstrations – participated in suffrage rallies – held suffrage meetings in her Brooklyn residence – participated in New York City suffrage parade, 1913 6 Montague Terrace, Brooklyn; 28 Monroe Place Brooklyn; Bayport; Sunwood, Sunwood, Old Field

Sunwood

Melville, Ward (aka John Ward Melville) – president, Men’s League for Woman’s Suffrage of Kings County – an organizer, hike to Washington to present New York State petition for woman suffrage to Congress – treasurer and secretary, Men’s League for Woman Suffrage of State of New York Brooklyn; Wide Water, Old Field

Wide Water

24 Milholland, Vida – member “Silent Sentinels” – suffragist lecturer – spent three days in jail – member, National Woman’s Party Brooklyn Morawetz, Violet Westcott (Mrs. Victor Morawetz) Three Ponds, Jericho Turnpike; South Woods Road, Woodbury

Three Ponds

Morrell, Mrs. Thomas – treasurer, Rockville Centre Suffrage Club, 1912 Lee Avenue, Rockville Centre Mott, James – presided at the , 1848 Sands Point Mower, Mrs. H. H. – second vice-president, Sayville Suffrage Club, 1917 Sayville Munsey, Frank Andrew – honorary editor, suffrage article in Puck, 1915 – member, Men’s League for Woman Suffrage of the State of New York Country Club Road, Manhasset

Munsey residence

Murdock, N. A. – member, Babylon Suffrage Club, 1914 Babylon Nelson, Mrs. E. E. – honorary president, Glen Cove Equal Suffrage Club, 1917 Glen Cove Neville, Miss Augusta – participated in New York City suffrage parade, 1913 – a founder, Babylon chapter, Equal Franchise Society Warwick House, South Country Road, Lindenhurst Neville, Joanna Hodges Simons (Mrs. Timothy Francis Neville) – a founder and president, Babylon chapter, Equal Franchise Society, 1912 – vice-president, Equal Suffrage League, 1912 – president, Suffrage Study Club of Babylon, 1912 Warwick House, South Country Road, Lindenhurst

Warwick House

25 Oliver, Lillian Fishel (Mrs. Robert Taylor Oliver) – a founder and president, Babylon chapter, Equal Franchise Society – representative from First Assembly District, Women’s Political Union Babylon Orr, Harry K. – member, Babylon Suffrage Club, 1914 Babylon Overton, Ada Purdy (Mrs. John B. Overton) – member, Lake Ronkonkoma Equal Rights Suffrage Club, 1912 Hawkins Avenue, Lake Ronkonkoma Parshall, Phoebe – secretary, Lynbrook Suffrage Club, 1915 Lynbrook Peckham, Mrs. E. F. – member, Lynbrook Equal Suffrage Club, 1915 Oakland Avenue, Lynbrook Pell, Sarah Gibbs Thompson (Mrs. Stephen Hyatt Pelham Pell) – chair, National Woman’s Party Meadow Lane, Southampton Perkins, Rebecca Talbot (aka R. C. Talbot – Perkins) (Mrs. Agar Ludlow Perkins) – member, Brooklyn Women’s Suffrage Society – chair, Alliance of Women’s Clubs of Brooklyn – president, People’s Political Equality League – president, Kings County Woman’s Suffrage Association – inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame Brooklyn Perry, Julia L. Olcott (Mrs. Andrew J. Perry) – Julia died in 1928 at the age of ninety-seven. She once described herself as the oldest living suffragist in Brooklyn. 30 First Place, Brooklyn, and 288 Clinton Street, Brooklyn Pinchot, Cornelia Bryce (Mrs. Clifford Pinchot) She is the daughter of Lloyd Stephens and Edith Cooper Bryce of Bryce House. – financial benefactor, lobbyist, and suffragist lecturer – secretary, Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association Bryce House, Route 25A, Roslyn Harbor; Gray Towers, Milford, Pennsylvania; the Governor’s Mansion, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Bryce House

Platt, Mrs. Myra – participated in week-long suffrage tour of Eastern Long Island Port Jefferson

26 Post, Amy Kirby (Mrs. Isaac Post) – signed Declaration of Sentiments at the 1848 Woman’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, NY – committee member for publication of the Convention’s proceedings – member, Equal Rights Association – member, National American Woman Suffrage Association – founder, Women’s Political Club Jericho Post, Marjorie Merriweather (Mrs. Edward Bennet Close; Mrs. Edward Francis Hutton; Mrs. Joseph Edward Davies; Mrs. Herbert Arthur May) – member, suffragist delegation that consulted with President Wilson in 1917 on suffrage issue 80 South Saxon Avenue, Bay Shore; Hillwood, Route 25A, Brookville

Hillwood

Pratt, Beatrice Mai Benjamin (Mrs. William Preston Gibson; Mrs. Alexander Dallas Bache Pratt; Mrs. Charles Aubrey Cartwright; Mrs. Frederick J. McEvoy) – favored limited suffrage Lands End, Bayberry Point, Islip

Land’s End

Pratt, Florence Balsdon Gibb (Mrs. Herbert Lee Pratt, Sr.) – financial benefactor – treasurer, Woman Suffrage Party of New York City – third vice-chair, Woman Suffrage Party of the Borough of New York – delegate, National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention, 1917 Brooklyn; The Braes, Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove

The Braes Pratt, George du Pont, Sr. – financial benefactor to New York State Suffrage Party – held fund raisers at Glen Cove estate [I] and [II], Dosoris Lane, Glen Cove

Killenworth [I]

27 Pratt, Helen Deming Sherman (Mrs. George du Pont Pratt, Sr.) – financial benefactor to New York State Suffrage Party – held fund raisers at Glen Cove estate – listed on New York League of Women Voters State Honor Roll tablet, Albany, NY Brooklyn; Killenworth [I] and [II], Dosoris Lane, Glen Cove

Killenworth [II]

Reeve, Harry – auditor, Rockville Centre Suffrage Club, 1912 Rockville Centre Rice, Dr. George Edwin Maywood, 407 Middle Road, Bayport

Maywood

Rider, Mrs. Donald – president, Bellmore Suffrage Club, 1916 Bellmore Rockwell, Mrs. Loren – recording secretary, Rockville Centre Suffrage Club, 1912 Rockville Centre Roger, Mrs. David R. – chair, Borough of Queens chapter, Woman Suffrage Party, 1916 Richmond Hill Rogers, Elizabeth Seldon (Mrs. John Rogers) – suffragist lecturer – arrested and jailed as a “Silent Sentinel” – chair, advisory council, National Woman’s Party – chair, New York legislative committee, National Woman’s Party Astoria Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (aka Eleanor Roosevelt) (Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt) There is debate about her suffrage position. While she never actively supported the movement, when asked to declare her opposition to the nineteenth amendment, she met the request with silence. Half Way Nirvana, Salisbury Park Drive, Salisbury

Anna Eleanor and her father Elliott at Half Way Nirvana

28 Roosevelt, Eleanor Butler Alexander (Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.) Old Orchard, Road, Cove Neck

Old Orchard

Roosevelt, Theodore In a letter to Lillie Deveraux Blake dated December 12 1898, Roosevelt, who would become our 26th president, said that he believed in Woman’s Suffrage but did not know if it was attainable. He also stated that he believed “a good deal more in equal pay for equal work for women” which he thought was a more realistic goal. – Roosevelt’s Bull Moose Party was the first national political party with a plank that supported suffrage Tranquility, East Main Street, Oyster Bay Cove; Sagamore Hill, Sagamore Hill Road, Cove Neck

Sagamore Hill

Sage, Margaret Olivia Slocum (Mrs. Russell Sage) – financial benefactor – hosted suffragist discussions in her home Harbor Home, 200 Main Street, Sag Harbor; Cedar Croft, Ocean Avenue and Mallow Way Lawrence

Cedar Croft

Sammis, Ida Florence Bunce (Mrs. Edgar Arthur Sammis; Mrs. Alden J. Woodruff; Mrs. George E. Satchwell) – a founder, Suffolk County chapter, Political Equality League – president, Huntington chapter, Political Equality League – leader, Second Assembly District, Suffolk County New York State Woman Suffrage Association – an organizer, Woman Suffrage Convention in Patchogue, 1914 – organized rallies Cold Spring Harbor; East Main Street, Huntington

Scottron, Louise Ashton Logan (Mrs. Cyrus L. Scottron) She was the maternal grandmother of the noted performer Lena Horn. Brooklyn Scudder, Mrs. Gilbert Sea Cliff Seaman, Margaret Laurie (Mrs. William H. Seaman) – first vice-president, Glen Cove Equal Suffrage Club, 1916 Glen Cove

29 Self, Mrs. Samuel – secretary, Bellmore Suffrage Club, 1916 Bellmore Smith, Alma – participated in New York City suffrage parade, 1913 – a founder, Babylon chapter, Equal Franchise Society, 1912 Babylon Smith, Elizabeth Oakes (Mrs. Seba Smith) – suffragist author and lecturer – member, Second National Woman’s Rights Convention, Worcester, MA, 1851 – charter member, SOROIS (New York State’s first Woman’s club) Willows, West Main Street, Patchogue; Blue Point Smith, Fannie Cook (Mrs. Wilson Randolph Smith) – representative from the First Assembly District to the Women’s Political Union Main Road, Bayport Smith, Lizzie L. Mott (Mrs. Wilmot R. Smith, Sr.) – representative from the First Assembly District to the Women’s Political Union 26 Baker Street, Patchogue Stackpole, Mary (Mrs. George Stackpole) Riverhead Stackpole, George – suffragist lecturer Riverhead

Stanchfield, John Barry, Sr. Afterglow, Ocean Avenue, Islip

Afterglow

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (Mrs. Henry Brewster Stanton) – suffragist author – an organizer, Seneca Falls Convention, 1848 – a founder, International Council of Women – president National American Woman Suffrage Association – She spent the last two years of her life in Shoreham writing her autobiography, Eighty Years and More. Woodville Road, Shoreham

E. C. Stanton residence

30 Stanton, Robert Livingston – provided legal advice to suffrage movement – As president of the European Publishing Company, he published his mother’s (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) autobiography Eighty Years and More and her work, The Woman’s Bible. Thompson Street, Shoreham

R. L Stanton residence Stiles, Mrs. Esmond – member, Freeport chapter, Equal Franchise Society 15 Lena Avenue, Freeport Stone, Margaret – first vice-president, Sayville Suffrage Club, 1917 Sayville Stoye, Mrs. F. H. – corresponding secretary, Sayville Suffrage Club, 1917 Sayville Straight, Dorothy Payne Whitney (Mrs. Willard Dickerman Straight; Mrs. Leonard Knight Elmhirst) – delegate, National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention, 1917 – participated in suffrage parades – listed on New York League of Women Voters State Honor Roll tablet, Albany, NY Apple Green, Post and Wheatley Roads, Old Westbury; Elmhurst, Post and Wheatley Roads, Old Westbury

Apple Green Straight, Willard Dickerman Apple Green, Post and Wheatley Roads, Old Westbury

Apple Green’s Japanese garden Sullivan, Susanne Okvist – member, Lake Ronkonkoma Equal Rights Suffrage Club, 1912 Lake Ronkonkoma Tappan, Eliza Coles – member, Glen Cove Equal Suffrage Club, 1917 Glen Cove

Taylor, Mrs. Edward L. – member, Woman Suffrage Party, 1916 Flushing

31 Tenny, Grace Marten Kelley (Mrs. Henry Allen Tenny) – chair, Patchogue chapter, Woman Suffrage Association, 1913 River Avenue, Patchogue Thompson, Ada Nixon (Mrs. LaMarcus Adna Thompson) – treasurer, Glen Cove Equal Suffrage Club, 1917 Thompson Park, Glen Cove Thorne, Landon Ketchum, Sr. – member, Babylon Suffrage Club, 1914 Thorneham, South Country Road, West Bay Shore

Thorneham

Thurston, Mrs. A. P. – president, Sayville Suffrage Club, 1917 Sayville Tiffany, Katrina Brandes Ely (Mrs. Charles Lewis Tiffany II) – suffragist lecturer – participated in suffrage parades – president, College Women’s Equal Suffrage League – recording secretary, Woman’s Suffrage Party of the City of New York – delegate, National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention, 1917 – listed on New York League of Women Voters National Honor Roll tablet, Albany, NY Elwood, Oyster Bay Cove Road, Oyster Bay Cove

Elwood, c. 1970

Tinker, Annie Rensselaer – organized a female cavalry which led suffrage parades – participated in suffrage parades, meetings, rallies, hikes, and benefits – member, Women’s Political Union Briar Croft, Van Brunt Manor Road, Poquott

Briar Croft

Titus, Dr. Emily Newbold – chair, membership committee, Glen Cove Equal Suffrage Club, 1917 – participated in suffrage parades Glen Cove Totten, William H. Cold Spring Harbor Trou, Mrs. – second vice-president, Glen Cove Equal Suffrage Club, 1917 Glen Cove

32 Tweed, Blanch Oelichs (Mrs. Leonard Thomas, Sr.; Mrs. John Barrymore; Mrs. Harrison Tweed) Tick Hall, 165 De Forest Road, Montauk

Tick Hall, 2017

Upjohn, Edwin Parry – member, Babylon Suffrage Club, 1914 Mostly Hall, Babylon Upjohn, Mrs. Edward C. – participated in New York City suffrage parade, 1913 – member, Babylon chapter, Equal Franchise Society, 1913 Babylon Vanderbilt, Alva Erskine Smith – see Belmont Vanderbilt, Harold Stirling He is Alva Vanderbilt Belmont’s son. – financial benefactor Idlehour [I and II], Idle Hour Boulevard, Oakdale

Idlehour [I]

Vanderbilt, William Kissam, Jr. He is Alva Vanderbilt Belmont’s son. – financial benefactor Idlehour [I], Idle Hour Boulevard, Oakdale; Deepdale, Westcliff Drive, Lake Success; Eagle’s Nest, Little Neck Road, Centerport

Deepdale

Walker, Elizabeth – member, Woman Suffrage Party, 1916 Forest Hills Walker, Harford P. – member, Babylon Suffrage Club, 1914 Babylon Ward, Katherine Waas (Mrs. John Montgomery Ward) – participated in New York City suffrage parade, 1913 – a founder and second vice-president, Babylon chapter, Equal Franchise Society, 1912 – vice-chair, New York State Second Assembly District Suffrage Convention, 1917 Phelps Lane, Babylon Way, Charlotte Nelson (Mrs. William H. Way) – president, Glen Cove Equal Suffrage Club, 1917 Glen Cove; Brooklyn

33 White, Lisabeth Halsey (Mrs. Edward White) – first secretary, Southampton chapter, New York State Women’s Political Union – president, Southampton chapter, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage Post House, Main Street, Southampton Whitehouse, James Norman de Rapelye – treasurer, Men’s League for Woman Suffrage of the State of New York Broadwood, Wheatley Road, Upper Brookville; Guinea Chase, Glen Cove Road, Old Westbury

Broadwood Whitehouse, Vira Boarman (Mrs. James Norman de Rapelye Whitehouse) – suffragist lecturer – participated in suffrage parades – campaigned to raise money – recruited wives – advocated canvassing voters by precinct – member of delegation that spoke to President Wilson – credited with organizing drive to get the vote for New York State women in 1917 – chair, New York State Suffragist Association – president, New York State Woman Suffrage Party – listed on New York League of Women Voters National Honor Roll tablet, Albany, NY Broadwood, Wheatley Road, Upper Brookville; Guinea Chase, Glen Cove Road, Old Westbury

Guinea Chase, c. 1906

Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt (Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney) Garvan-Whitney-Phipps Road, Old Westbury

Whitney residence Whitney, Rosalie Loew (Mrs. Travis H. Whitney, Sr.) – delegate, National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention, 1917 Brooklyn

34 Wilson, Andrew F. – president, I. S. Renson Co. who was convinced by his acquaintances Irene Corwin Davison and Edna Buckman Kearns donated a wagon which became known as the “Spirit of 1776” wagon Brooklyn

Winthrop, Emmeline Dora Heckscher (Mrs. Egerton Leigh Winthrop, Jr.) – participated in suffrage parades – third vice-president, The Equal Franchise Society Muttontown Meadows, Muttontown Road, Muttontown

Muttontown Meadows

Wood, Emily B. – participated in New York City suffrage parade, 1913 – a founder and corresponding secretary, Babylon chapter, Equal Franchise Society, 1912 Babylon Worsmeyer, Mrs. F. A. – president, Glen Cove Equal Suffrage Club, 1917 Glen Cove Worth, Mrs. Robert E. – participated in New York City suffrage parade, 1913 – member, Babylon chapter, Equal Franchise Society, 1912 Babylon

New York City suffrage parade, 1916

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