Kaine, Alice J. Cutright

Alice J. Cutright was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, on January 29, 1845. The Cutright family moved to Springfield, Ill., in 1852 where Ms. Cutright attended school and eventually began teaching public school. In 1869 she married Dr. John L. Kaine, a journalist from Milwaukee, Wis., and in 1874 they moved to Milwaukee where Dr. Kaine took a position with the Milwaukee Sentinel and Alice Kaine continued her work in education and public service. She was an active member on the Board of the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls, an advisor to Tuskegee Institute (1894-1896), and in 1898 became the first woman appointed to the Wisconsin State Board of Control for Prisons. Kaine was active in several social and civic clubs such as the Women's Club of Wisconsin, the Social Economics Club, and the Milwaukee Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

From the description of Alice J. Cutright Kaine papers, 1880-1881, 1893. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 427650590

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