Claiborne (Grasty) Catlin Elliman

Claiborne Catlin Elliman was born in the south (perhaps in Baltimore, Md.) probably in the 1880s. Her first husband, Joseph Albert Catlin, died four years after their marriage. Not wanting to return home, CCE went to New York City and attended the New York School of Philanthropy. She subsequently did settlement work on the east side, studied eugenics with Dr. Charles Davenport in Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, and was on the staff of a psychological clinic at the University of Pennsylvania. During this period she joined the woman suffrage movement and eventually became a member of the Massachusetts Political Equality Union.

In 1914 CCE, in charge of publicity for a National American Woman Suffrage Association rally, rode a horse through downtown Boston to advertise a public meeting at Tremont Temple. The hall was filled. This success gave CCE the "idea of campaigning on horseback for Suffrage that summer" (see #2, p.3).

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