Florence Ledyard Cross Kitchelt (1874 – 1961) was an American peace advocate, settlement house worker, socialist, and suffragist.
Florence Ledyard Cross Kitchelt | |
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 Kitchelt and her husband in 1911 | |
| Born | Florence Ledyard Cross December 17, 1874 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 4, 1961 (aged 86) Wilberforce, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Wells College |
| Occupation(s) | activist, settlement worker |
| Spouse | Richard Kitchelt |
Biography
editKitchelt née Cross was born on December 17, 1874, in Rochester, New York.[1] She graduated from Wells College in 1897.[2]
Kitchelt began her career in social work by working at the George Junior Republic, in Freeville, New York. She also worked at New York College Settlement in New York City,[3] Lowell House in New Haven, Connecticut, and Little Italy House in Brooklyn, New York. She went to Rochester, New York where she help establish the Practical House Keeping Center under the guidance of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union and the First Unitarian Church of Rochester.[4]
In 1911 she married fellow socialist Richard Kitchelt.[5]
In 1914, Kitchelt ran for state office (secretary of state in New York) as a Socialist. She did not win. Around this time Kitchelt also worked as an advocate for women's suffrage in New York state and Connecticut.[4]
She was a member of the League of Nations Health Committee from 1924 through 1930.[6]
Kitchelt donated her papers divided by topicto several institutions, including Cornell University,[7] Radcliffe College,[2] Smith College,[3] and Yale University.[8]
Kitchelt died on April 4, 1961, in Wilberforce, Ohio.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Biographical Sketch of Florence Ledyard Cross Kitchelt". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920. Alexander Street Documents. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Papers of Florence Ledyard Cross Kitchelt, 1885-1961". Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Collection: Florence Cross Kitchelt papers". Smith College Finding Aids. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ a b c Pastorello, Karen. "Kitchelt, Florence Ledyard Cross". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.013.369357. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ Goodier, Susan; Pastorello, Karen (2017). Women will vote: winning suffrage in New York State. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-1501705557. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ Young, Amanda Verdery (15 February 2017). "Florence Cross Kitchelt". Women In Peace. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Guide to the Florence Ledyard Cross Kitchelt papers, 1896-1954,-1898-1910". Cornell University Library. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Collection: Florence Ledyard Cross Kitchelt papers |". Archives at Yale. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
Further reading
edit- Danelle L. Moon. "The Local is Global: Broker for Human Rights “Florence Kitchelt, Connecticut Peace Activist and Feminist,” 1920-1961" 34th Annual Meeting of the Social Science and History Association (2009)
- How Did Florence Kitchelt Bring Together Social Feminists and Equal Rights Feminists to Reconfigure the Campaign for the ERA in the 1940s and 50s?, Documents selected and interpreted by Danelle Moon and Kathryn Kish Sklar. (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street Press, 2010).