Katherine Hamilton (September 4, 1863 – February 5, 1932) was a women's suffrage activist and a cousin and intimate friend of Alice Hamilton .
6-442: 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 , Alice Hamilton , Margaret Hamilton and Norah Hamilton . Despite her intelligence, she
12-530: Was also displayed at the travelling Society of Western Artists Annual Exhibition. Her work is currently in the permanent collection of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art . According to Alice Hamilton's biographer, Jessie was the best loved of all the cousins. She died on May 3, 1960, in Scottsdale, Arizona , and is buried with her family at Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne. Jessie Hamilton at Find
18-663: Was an artist and cousin, and intimate friend, of Edith Hamilton . Jessie Marie Hamilton was born on January 31, 1865, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the daughter of Andrew Holman Hamilton (1834-1895) and Phoebe Taber (1841-1932). She had two sisters, Katherine Hamilton (1862-1932) and Agnes Hamilton (1868-1961), both artists like her, and two brothers, Allen Hamilton (1874-1961) and Taber Hamilton (1876-1942). Her cousins are Edith Hamilton , Alice Hamilton , Margaret Hamilton and Norah Hamilton . Like her sister Katherine, she spent most of her life taking care of their aging mother. She
24-909: Was an artist and studied at the Fort Wayne School of Art from 1888 to 1893, studying under J. Ottis Adams and William Forsyth . She was a founding member of the second Fort Wayne School of Art, where she taught from 1893 to 1898. After the death of her father in 1895, together with her sister Agnes attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia from 1898 to 1900 studying under Cecilia Beaux . She then went back living in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and focused on portraits in pastel, landscapes in watercolor, as well as etchings. She exhibited in Philadelphia, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Richmond (Indiana). Her work
30-479: Was refused the possibility to attend Bryn Mawr College . 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
36-451: 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. Katherine Hamilton at Find a Grave Jessie Hamilton Jessie Marie Hamilton (January 31, 1865 - May 3, 1960)
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