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+ | == Frühes Leben == | ||
+ | Mary Angeline Wood was born in New York, the daughter of William Graham Wood and Emily Morrell Wood.<ref name="a1">[1] Jordan, Victoria. "Biographical Sketch of Mary Wood Swift". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920, Alexander Street Documents.</ref> | ||
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+ | == Karriere == | ||
+ | Mary Wood was president of the National Council of Women of the United States from 1903 to 1909.<ref>[2] Council of Jewish Women (U.S.) (1908). Triennial Report of Secretary. Council of Jewish Women. p. 32.</ref><ref>[3] (March 28, 1903) "WOMEN ELECT OFFICERS.; Mrs. Mary Wood Swift Chosen President of the National Council". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.</ref> In that role, she led national meetings,<ref>[4] (February 1, 1904) "Women Ready for Meeting". The Indianapolis Star. p. 10. - via Newspapers.com.</ref><ref>[5] (April 2, 1906) "National Convention of Women Opens Convention". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 10. - via Newspapers.com.</ref> and she attended {{W|lang=en|International Council of Women}} meetings,<ref>[6] (August 8, 1923) "Mrs. John Franklin Swift, Honorary Vice-President General of Body, to be Feted at a Reception..." San Francisco Chronicle. p. 12. - via Newspapers.com.</ref> including the 1904 executive meeting in Dresden, the full congress meeting in Berlin, along with {{W|lang=en|Ida Husted Harper}},<ref name="a7">[7] Harper, Ida Husted (May 19, 1904) "The United States Delegates to the International Council of Women". The Independent. 56: 1136-1137.</ref> and in 1909 in Toronto.<ref>[8] (June 6, 1909) "Will Represent the U. S. at International Council". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 17. - via Newspapers.com.</ref> | ||
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+ | Mary Wood was president of the ''Century Club'' in San Francisco. She was also active in the {{W|lang=en|Grand Army of the Republic#Female members|Women's Relief Corps}}<ref>[9] Convention, Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.) National (1909). Journal of the ... National Convention of the Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. E.B. Stillings. p. 228.</ref> the ''California Women's Suffrage Association'',<ref name="a1" /><ref>[10] (December 15, 1900) "Secretly in Favor of Woman Suffrage". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 7. - via Newspapers.com.</ref> the {{W|lang=en|Colonial Dames of America}}, the {{W|lang=en|Mayflower Society|Society of the Mayflower}}, and the national {{W|lang=en|Daughters of the American Revolution}}.<ref>[11] (1904) "Annual Reports of the State Regents". Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine: 601.</ref><ref>[12] (July 26, 1904) "Woman's World: Mrs. Mary Wood Swift". Asbury Park Press. p. 3. - via Newspapers.com.</ref><ref>[13] (September 25, 1913) "Daughters of Revolution Welcomed". Oakland Tribune. p. 8. - via Newspapers.com.</ref> "The Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution should not be devoted to ancestor-worship and to preserving history," she told the organization in a speech in 1906, "but it should bend its energies also to making history and to creating better conditions for posterity." In the same speech, she expressed opposition to [[Einwanderung|immigration]] into the United States, and her support for {{W|lang=en|Americanization (immigration)|Americanization}} and literacy programs.<ref>[14] (April 1906) "Response of Mrs. Mary Wood Swift, of California". The American Monthly Magazine. 28: 591-593.</ref> | ||
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+ | == Privates == | ||
+ | Mary Wood married American diplomat {{W|lang=en|John Franklin Swift}}. They lived in San Francisco but were often abroad for Swift's work, until he died in Tokyo in 1891. She was left with a significant fortune in widowhood.<ref name="a7" /> After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, she moved to Berkeley.<ref>[15] (August 10, 1906) "Woman's Clubs to Organize". The Berkeley Gazette. p. 5. - via Newspapers.com.</ref> She died in 1927, in Berkeley, aged 86 years.<ref>[16] (April 10, 1927) "Funeral Tomorrow for Envoy's Widow". Oakland Tribune. p. 23. - via Newspapers.com.</ref> | ||
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+ | == {{Weblinks}} == | ||
+ | * {{Siehe auch|Wikipedia|lang=en|Mary Wood Swift|wm-datum=2022-05-12}} | ||
+ | * [[Janice Fiamengo]]: [http://blog.studiobrule.com/2022/05/nineteenth-century-novelist-henry-james.html Nineteenth-Century Novelist Henry James Predicted Twentieth-Century Feminism], ''Studio-Brulé-Blog'' am 10. Mai 2022 | ||
+ | **Deutsch: [http://blog.wikimannia.org/der-romancier-henry-james-sagte-den-feminismus-des-zwanzigsten-jahrhunderts-voraus/ Der Romancier Henry James sagte den Feminismus des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts voraus], ''WikiMANNia-Blog'' am 11. Mai 2022 | ||
+ | **{{Youtube|Nineteenth-Century Novelist Henry James Predicted Twentieth-Century Feminism|RhT4rCi7pKY|Autor=Studio B|Datum=5. Mai 2022|size=19:12 Min.}} | ||
+ | * Helena Bonett: [http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/deeds-not-words-suffragettes-and 'Deeds not words': Suffragettes and the Summer Exhibition], ''Royal Academy'' am 19. Juni 2018 (Erstveröffentlichung im Juli 2013) | ||
+ | *:<small>The Great Spectacle charts 250 years of Summer Exhibitions - including 1914, when Suffragette Mary Wood attacked a {{W|lang=en|John Singer Sargent}} portrait with a meat cleaver. We delve into the Royal Academy’s archive to find out how the Academy, and the public, reacted.</smalL> | ||
+ | * [http://thedabbler.co.uk/2014/12/when-henry-james-was-attacked-by-a-suffragette-axewoman/ When Henry James was attacked by a Suffragette Axewoman], ''Dabbler Editions'' am 4. Dezember 2014 | ||
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Mary Angeline Wood (1841-1927) was an American suffragist[wp] and clubwoman, president of the National Council of Women of the United States[wp] from 1903 to 1909.
Frühes Leben
Mary Angeline Wood was born in New York, the daughter of William Graham Wood and Emily Morrell Wood.[1]
Karriere
Mary Wood was president of the National Council of Women of the United States from 1903 to 1909.[2][3] In that role, she led national meetings,[4][5] and she attended International Council of Women[wp] meetings,[6] including the 1904 executive meeting in Dresden, the full congress meeting in Berlin, along with Ida Husted Harper[wp],[7] and in 1909 in Toronto.[8]
Mary Wood was president of the Century Club in San Francisco. She was also active in the Women's Relief Corps[wp][9] the California Women's Suffrage Association,[1][10] the Colonial Dames of America[wp], the Society of the Mayflower[wp], and the national Daughters of the American Revolution[wp].[11][12][13] "The Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution should not be devoted to ancestor-worship and to preserving history," she told the organization in a speech in 1906, "but it should bend its energies also to making history and to creating better conditions for posterity." In the same speech, she expressed opposition to immigration into the United States, and her support for Americanization[wp] and literacy programs.[14]
Privates
Mary Wood married American diplomat John Franklin Swift[wp]. They lived in San Francisco but were often abroad for Swift's work, until he died in Tokyo in 1891. She was left with a significant fortune in widowhood.[7] After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, she moved to Berkeley.[15] She died in 1927, in Berkeley, aged 86 years.[16]
Einzelnachweise
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 [1] Jordan, Victoria. "Biographical Sketch of Mary Wood Swift". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920, Alexander Street Documents.
- ↑ [2] Council of Jewish Women (U.S.) (1908). Triennial Report of Secretary. Council of Jewish Women. p. 32.
- ↑ [3] (March 28, 1903) "WOMEN ELECT OFFICERS.; Mrs. Mary Wood Swift Chosen President of the National Council". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ↑ [4] (February 1, 1904) "Women Ready for Meeting". The Indianapolis Star. p. 10. - via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ [5] (April 2, 1906) "National Convention of Women Opens Convention". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 10. - via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ [6] (August 8, 1923) "Mrs. John Franklin Swift, Honorary Vice-President General of Body, to be Feted at a Reception..." San Francisco Chronicle. p. 12. - via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 [7] Harper, Ida Husted (May 19, 1904) "The United States Delegates to the International Council of Women". The Independent. 56: 1136-1137.
- ↑ [8] (June 6, 1909) "Will Represent the U. S. at International Council". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 17. - via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ [9] Convention, Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.) National (1909). Journal of the ... National Convention of the Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. E.B. Stillings. p. 228.
- ↑ [10] (December 15, 1900) "Secretly in Favor of Woman Suffrage". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 7. - via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ [11] (1904) "Annual Reports of the State Regents". Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine: 601.
- ↑ [12] (July 26, 1904) "Woman's World: Mrs. Mary Wood Swift". Asbury Park Press. p. 3. - via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ [13] (September 25, 1913) "Daughters of Revolution Welcomed". Oakland Tribune. p. 8. - via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ [14] (April 1906) "Response of Mrs. Mary Wood Swift, of California". The American Monthly Magazine. 28: 591-593.
- ↑ [15] (August 10, 1906) "Woman's Clubs to Organize". The Berkeley Gazette. p. 5. - via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ [16] (April 10, 1927) "Funeral Tomorrow for Envoy's Widow". Oakland Tribune. p. 23. - via Newspapers.com.
Netzverweise
- Die englischsprachige Wikipedia führt einen Artikel über Mary Wood Swift (Diesen Artikel gibt es in der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia [noch] nicht.)
- Janice Fiamengo: Nineteenth-Century Novelist Henry James Predicted Twentieth-Century Feminism, Studio-Brulé-Blog am 10. Mai 2022
- Deutsch: Der Romancier Henry James sagte den Feminismus des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts voraus, WikiMANNia-Blog am 11. Mai 2022
- Nineteenth-Century Novelist Henry James Predicted Twentieth-Century Feminism - Studio B (5. Mai 2022) (Länge: 19:12 Min.)
- Helena Bonett: 'Deeds not words': Suffragettes and the Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy am 19. Juni 2018 (Erstveröffentlichung im Juli 2013)
- The Great Spectacle charts 250 years of Summer Exhibitions - including 1914, when Suffragette Mary Wood attacked a John Singer Sargent[wp] portrait with a meat cleaver. We delve into the Royal Academy’s archive to find out how the Academy, and the public, reacted.
- When Henry James was attacked by a Suffragette Axewoman, Dabbler Editions am 4. Dezember 2014